PERSISTING SUSPECION OF CHINA IN THE MEDIA

Media Watch

Persisting suspecion of China in media

THE ORGANISER

Page 20/41

February 17, 2008 issue

There have been doubts in certain quarters about the

constant postponement of decision on border issues and even

over China's attitude towards India's bid to return to the

international civil nuclear market.

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's visit to China has

evoked varied sentiments at least in the English media.

What comes through is persisting suspicion of China and its

intentions and a feeling that India is not standing up to

the wiles of its neighbour. As The Free Press Journal

(January 14) not-so-subtly put it, "the fact is that China

has evolved its own not-so-inscrutable way of simultaneous

confrontation and cooperation with major nations, including

India". The Journal was ruthless in its estimation of

China's intentions. "If only" it said "our foreign policy

mandarins come to grips with the reality of the Chinese

objectives, there will neither be any sentimentalism about

restoring the ersatz climate of Hindi-Chini-Bhai-Bhai of

the 50s nor a fear psychosis about her forcibly gobbling

parts of our territory".

The paper said that "given the bitterness of the past and

the Chinese hegemonic objectives in the entire region in

the future, India cannot afford to let its guard down". The

paper expressed its fears yet once again in an editorial

two days later when it said that "only we in India suffer

from an inferiority complex which instinctively obliges us

to espy a Chinese nod for the deal with the Americans...

Isn't that a poor reflection of extra-territorial loyalties

on both sides...." The paper advised India to normalise

ties with China by means but warned: "Talk with it by all

means but from a position of strength, rather than as a

supplicant". Wise words indeed. The Times of India (January

17), like the Journal, pointed out the disturbing trend in

Sino-Indian trade which has ballooned to nearly $10 billion

in China's favour. India exported low-value articles such

as iron and cotton to China but imported electrical

machinery and equipment, organic chemicals and even nuclear

reactors. But bemoaning this state of affairs, said the

paper, will not do. "India" it said, will have to move up

the technology and value chain by focusing on knowledge

creation in all sectors of the economy".

It is by sharing knowledge and trading innovation/the paper

added that India and China can enhance bilateral investment

ties. There have been doubts in certain quarters about the

constant postponement of decision on border issues and even

over China's attitude towards India's bid to return to the

international civil nuclear market. Deccan Herald(January

16), for example, pointed out that on the boundary dispute

China has merely confined itself to reiterating its

position as in 2005, even when it has "signalled it has an

open mind on India's bid to return to the international

civil nuclear market".

However, the paper said "in essence the Summit Document

unmistakably points to one thing -- both Singh and his Chinese

counterpart Wen Jiahao have agreed to pick up the thread of

bilateral ties from where they left at the end of their

first summit in Delhi in April 2005". Gomantak Times

(January 15) was not clear how much India stands to gain

following the Prime Minister's visit to Beijing. It said

that not withstanding the MOUs which have been signed

"there has been "not a word on the military-capable

infrastructure Beijing is adding Tibet to gain strategic

depth and reduce tactical reaction-time". The paper

regretted that there has been "no reciprocation of India's

long-stressed adherence to a "One China" policy. Indeed, it

added, there has been "not even a joint approach to the

recalcitrant West as far as climate change and reduction of

green-house gas emission control goes". The paper said,

even while acknowledging that China has reiterated India's

role in an expanded United Nations Security Council, that

as recently as in 2005 "Beijing backed the United States'

efforts to scuttle the expansion".

The paper expressed its skepticism over China's agreeing to

cooperate in civilian nuclear power generation by wondering

whether "this is a fall-out of New Delhi's improving

relations with the US". The Chandigarh-based The Tribune

thought that China's support for "India's aspirations to

play a greater role in the United Nations, including the

Security Council" is significant. That, said the paper

"shows the realisation in Beijing that India has been

denied its rightful place in the U.N. system". The paper

advised that India and China "have to forget the balance of

power factor which only breeds suspicion and animosity" and

suggested that "they have to work together to ensure that

peace and tranquility prevail along the common border". As

for trade the paper felt that the existing trade imbalance

was unlikely to end in the near future. It said: "Indo-

China trade has grown fast-faster than

expectations....There is already talk of the possibility of

China replacing the US as India's top trading partner".

At the same time, the paper took note of the fact that the

"furious trade growth has left India seriously concerned at

the widening deficit". The Hindu (January 22) thought that

Dr Singh' three-day official visit to Beijing "has

contributed incrementally to the maturation and

diversification of a bilateral relationship that has done

hearteningly well over the last two decades". The paper

noted that "there have been incremental political gains,

notably China's commitment to promote bilateral civilian

nuclear cooperation consistent with its international

commitments".

The paper also took note of China's support "for India's

aspiration to play a greater role in the United Nations,

including the Security Council", even if it did not explain

what is meant by "a greater role". Presumably that is left

to the readers' imagination. The paper did not seem to be

unduly perturbed over the growing trade deficit which India

has with China when it said that " in this age of

globalisation, it is the aggregate picture that matters for

a large economy when trade deficits and surpluses are

discussed". As for the border dispute between the two

countries the paper said that "nobody seriously expects the

United Progressive Alliance to pull out of its hat, before

its elected term is over, a final package settlement of

this highly sensitive question

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On Feb 14, 7:04 am, use...@mantra.com and/or http://www.mantra.com/jai (Dr.

Jai Maharaj) wrote:

> Media Watch

>

> Persisting suspecion of China in media

>

> THE ORGANISER

> Page 20/41

> February 17, 2008 issue

>

> There have been doubts in certain quarters about the

> constant postponement of decision on border issues and even

> over China's attitude towards India's bid to return to the

> international civil nuclear market.

>

> Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's visit to China has

> evoked varied sentiments at least in the English media.

> What comes through is persisting suspicion of China and its

> intentions and a feeling that India is not standing up to

> the wiles of its neighbour. As The Free Press Journal

> (January 14) not-so-subtly put it, "the fact is that China

> has evolved its own not-so-inscrutable way of simultaneous

> confrontation and cooperation with major nations, including

> India". The Journal was ruthless in its estimation of

> China's intentions. "If only" it said "our foreign policy

> mandarins come to grips with the reality of the Chinese

> objectives, there will neither be any sentimentalism about

> restoring the ersatz climate of Hindi-Chini-Bhai-Bhai of

> the 50s nor a fear psychosis about her forcibly gobbling

> parts of our territory".

>

> The paper said that "given the bitterness of the past and

> the Chinese hegemonic objectives in the entire region in

> the future, India cannot afford to let its guard down". The

> paper expressed its fears yet once again in an editorial

> two days later when it said that "only we in India suffer

> from an inferiority complex which instinctively obliges us

> to espy a Chinese nod for the deal with the Americans...

> Isn't that a poor reflection of extra-territorial loyalties

> on both sides...." The paper advised India to normalise

> ties with China by means but warned: "Talk with it by all

> means but from a position of strength, rather than as a

> supplicant". Wise words indeed. The Times of India (January

> 17), like the Journal, pointed out the disturbing trend in

> Sino-Indian trade which has ballooned to nearly $10 billion

> in China's favour. India exported low-value articles such

> as iron and cotton to China but imported electrical

> machinery and equipment, organic chemicals and even nuclear

> reactors. But bemoaning this state of affairs, said the

> paper, will not do. "India" it said, will have to move up

> the technology and value chain by focusing on knowledge

> creation in all sectors of the economy".

>

> It is by sharing knowledge and trading innovation/the paper

> added that India and China can enhance bilateral investment

> ties. There have been doubts in certain quarters about the

> constant postponement of decision on border issues and even

> over China's attitude towards India's bid to return to the

> international civil nuclear market. Deccan Herald(January

> 16), for example, pointed out that on the boundary dispute

> China has merely confined itself to reiterating its

> position as in 2005, even when it has "signalled it has an

> open mind on India's bid to return to the international

> civil nuclear market".

>

> However, the paper said "in essence the Summit Document

> unmistakably points to one thing -- both Singh and his Chinese

> counterpart Wen Jiahao have agreed to pick up the thread of

> bilateral ties from where they left at the end of their

> first summit in Delhi in April 2005". Gomantak Times

> (January 15) was not clear how much India stands to gain

> following the Prime Minister's visit to Beijing. It said

> that not withstanding the MOUs which have been signed

> "there has been "not a word on the military-capable

> infrastructure Beijing is adding Tibet to gain strategic

> depth and reduce tactical reaction-time". The paper

> regretted that there has been "no reciprocation of India's

> long-stressed adherence to a "One China" policy. Indeed, it

> added, there has been "not even a joint approach to the

> recalcitrant West as far as climate change and reduction of

> green-house gas emission control goes". The paper said,

> even while acknowledging that China has reiterated India's

> role in an expanded United Nations Security Council, that

> as recently as in 2005 "Beijing backed the United States'

> efforts to scuttle the expansion".

>

> The paper expressed its skepticism over China's agreeing to

> cooperate in civilian nuclear power generation by wondering

> whether "this is a fall-out of New Delhi's improving

> relations with the US". The Chandigarh-based The Tribune

> thought that China's support for "India's aspirations to

> play a greater role in the United Nations, including the

> Security Council" is significant. That, said the paper

> "shows the realisation in Beijing that India has been

> denied its rightful place in the U.N. system". The paper

> advised that India and China "have to forget the balance of

> power factor which only breeds suspicion and animosity" and

> suggested that "they have to work together to ensure that

> peace and tranquility prevail along the common border". As

> for trade the paper felt that the existing trade imbalance

> was unlikely to end in the near future. It said: "Indo-

> China trade has grown fast-faster than

> expectations....There is already talk of the possibility of

> China replacing the US as India's top trading partner".

>

> At the same time, the paper took note of the fact that the

> "furious trade growth has left India seriously concerned at

> the widening deficit". The Hindu (January 22) thought that

> Dr Singh' three-day official visit to Beijing "has

> contributed incrementally to the maturation and

> diversification of a bilateral relationship that has done

> hearteningly well over the last two decades". The paper

> noted that "there have been incremental political gains,

> notably China's commitment to promote bilateral civilian

> nuclear cooperation consistent with its international

> commitments".

>

> The paper also took note of China's support "for India's

> aspiration to play a greater role in the United Nations,

> including the Security Council", even if it did not explain

> what is meant by "a greater role". Presumably that is left

> to the readers' imagination. The paper did not seem to be

> unduly perturbed over the growing trade deficit which India

> has with China when it said that " in this age of

> globalisation, it is the aggregate picture that matters for

> a large economy when trade deficits and surpluses are

> discussed". As for the border dispute between the two

> countries the paper said that "nobody seriously expects the

> United Progressive Alliance to pull out of its hat, before

> its elected term is over, a final package settlement of

> this highly sensitive question 'left over by history'

> "though it added: "An agreed framework of settlement that

> is politically saleable will certainly be a big feather in

> the cap of the UPA government". What is to be noted is that

> there is only subdued acceptance of the Vision Statement.

> Which, all said, is just as well.

>

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