India,with each passing day, is gaining the economic weight, political respect,Global prominence and adding military might to its quiver of a rich cultural heritage and a proud civilization it aspires to be a global power but on the way getting mired in ugly unresolved border issues with its hostile neighbours. India and China, the posterchilds of the globalisation in the 21st century are playing the game of less co-operation and more confrontation in the region . The major source of discontent is one of the largest unresolved border disputes in the world between them which had drawn the two nations to war in 1965. China wary of India's growth in the last two decades started putting cogs to arrest the emergence of another global power in Asia through varoius dubious means like using Pak as a proxy to wreck havoc in India, triggering border skirmishes at regular intervals and cosmetizing India's hostile and freiendly neighbours with its questionable aids.
The Chinese always wanted to thortlle the Indian growth story through their dubious diplomacy with their all weather failed state friends to project itself as the sole powerhouse of the region. They are putting string of pearls in a necklace around the geographical border of our country starting from the failed attempt to instate a puppet regime in neighbouring Nepal to the so called infrastructure developement of the Srilankan ports in the gulf of Mannar for getting acess to that strategic sea lane to the cutting of Karakoram for getting access to Karachi port in the Arabian sea to the dabbling in the internal affairs of Myanmar for inciting the separatist movement in our north eastern borders. They are slowly encircling the sleeping elephant who is disregarding the imminent strategic threat that is looming large enough to warrant a quick response from our state. But our strategic foresight challenged politicians are turning a blind eye to the encircling giving a quick retort of no imminent threat keeping loads of faith in our largest hostile neighbour. Even when the PLA came to our territory in north-western and north eastern part making our motherland redpainted, nobody from the govt even dared to condemn it strongly in the public. They started giving stapled visas to the People of J&K which is an integral part of India and recently to the Kabadi team of Arunachal Pradesh which is unacceptable and totally uncalled for. How come they will deny visa to an army personel who happens to serve in Kashmir. Still the political establishment of the country taking them for an easy ride not showing strong displeasure or issuing diplomatic demarche over the treatment meted out to our citizens.
The Chinese are flooding the Indian market with their cheap manufacturing goods rendering the local entrepreneurs of the nation black and blue leading to a bloated negative trade balance. They even tried to scuttle the loan disbursal from Asian Developement Bank for infrastructure developement projects in Arunachal Pradesh which they succeeded in doing so. Such is the level of China's maladroitness of repeated attempts for putting break on NewDelhi's wheel of growth.The country that was chided for its criticism of the nobel peace prize to one of its citizen jailed for dissent tried to apply pressure tactic on us not to attend the peace prize ceremony at Oslo. The only time our govt stand upto them answerd them befittingly by attending the same.
The ruling political establishment lacks the courage and strategy to deal with the aggressive Chinese. Everytime they made an aggressive move, our politicians started to defend the wrongmove they have taken instead of dealing with a iron hand. It looks the Ministry of External affairs is so submissive that they are totally discarding the imminent threat inspite of evidence like the case of diversion of Brahmaputra.The MEA totally discarded it in the first instance but later it have to bite the dust after getting the evidences of the same. The ministry even taken a soft stand when the Chinese expressed their reservations over the visiting of our PM to Arunachal Pradesh. A country that aspires to become a global power cannt afford to have such a somnolent Ministry of External Affairs.
The govt should rise to the challenge of devising a aggressive counter China strategy to deal with the Chinese. Hit them hard where it hurts the most. Here are some of the issues that are anathema to China.Give diplomatic recognition to the Taiwan nullifying their one China policy. Clamour for free floating of the Yuan instead of manipulation by the state. Campaign for the human rights violation by the state and gather support from the littoral countries of South China Sea for international mediation for the resolve of the dispute. Create a bulwark of defence with the help of Japan, South Korea and USA in Asia.The quadrilateral military excercise involving Japan,US & Australia should be a priority for India to counter the aggressive Dragon in the Indian & Pacific ocean.
I hope the govt will learn from the past and have a counter China strategy in place so that next time when China throws aggression at us, our govt will stand upto them without bucking under mounting presuure.
Jai Hind.
