Mr Wang Yi, Foreign Minister of PRC is coming to India in the midst of the current global crisis in Ukraine. He is testing waters to see if India is amenable to being weaned away from QUAD and the West to join Russia and China for a RIC trilateral. This visit is specially significant in the light of President Biden's comment on India being 'Shaky'. China obviously sees an opportunity. Aadi and I discussed various aspects of China and where it stands today in Part I of our dialogue. In this part the discussion is about the nuances of Sino Indian equations and what it will take for us to veer towards China and the general path ahead for India.
The Pakistani FM to BBC: War would be suicidal. Pakistan has already started negotiating with a gun to its head! Welcome home Wing Commander Abhinanadan. Well done. You flew into the Valley of Death and survived. India is proud. Sincere condolences to Air Marshal Waseem Ud Din on the loss of his son Shahaz Ud Din under most unfortunate circumstances. He was incredibly brave to continue his mission when others had turned around. Paradigm Emerged A lot has happened since Balakot. Some in focus some out. Some hyped. Some diffused. Time to sum up the situation and see where things are heading. Militarily it is called Review of the Situation. I will do it journalistically so that the intellectual western media understands it. They might or not buy our story. Incidentally it is not a story. It is not for sale. This is real live action. Nuclear exchange receding. Not ruled out. A fundamental paradigm has emerged. India’s fight is ag...
The key to bring China to table as equal will be to address the trade balance. Our make in India initiative has to be given focus and support by Govt. Along with the economic stability, 🇮🇳 has to build capability of our armed forces to be ahead of threats envisaged. Third aspect is our ICT capabilities should be totally indigenous.
ReplyDeleteThe reason for change in tone of GT - Hu XiJin is no more the editor of Global Trash9Times). The new editor is more mellowed down
ReplyDeleteChina cannot ever be trusted to honor even a written agreement. The only thing that matters are the facts on the ground. We should start negotiation from a maximalist point, which should be -at least- independence of Xinjiang & Tibet and settle worst case for independence of Tibet. After they have vacated Tibet, the sanctity of its borders should be the redline for China to prove its peaceful intentions. This may sound idealistic but, China directly on our borders, even if they are "settled", will only be a temporary measure as far as they are concerned.
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