“There Needs To Be A Lot More Dialogue With #China” | #india #border #narendramodi #xijinping #modi

The fact that the December 18 meeting between the Special Representatives On The Border Issue, Indian National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, was not pushed to a later date next year indicates “there is intent on both sides to start moving forward”, says Manoj Kewalramani, one India’s foremost experts on China.

“I'm happy that the process that began in October has allowed us to have a meeting between the foreign ministers, which is forward looking, and subsequently this meeting between the special representatives, said Kewalramani, who’s a Fellow, China Studies @ The Takshashila Institution and Senior Associate (Non-resident), Freeman Chair in China Studies, CSIS.

“Hopefully this sets the ball rolling on conversations about border management, but also essentially about dispute resolution. So to that extent, I think it is extremely important that this meeting happened, “ he said.

Kewalramani also reflected on the brief businesslike readout issued by India’s Ministry of External Affairs on the meeting, compared to the long-winded Chinese Foreign Ministry readout.

“I think that's par for the course,” he said. “If you look at Chinese readouts from meetings, say, with the US, or with other leaders, there are two things about the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

“Firstly, it tends to be quite quick in terms of putting out the Chinese narrative. And secondly, it is quite detailed in putting out the Chinese narrative…. Which tells you that the purpose of these documents, are as much to present the Chinese perspective of the meeting in the conversation, but also signal to a domestic and global audience about China's view and make that the sort of standard view of how the conversation is set,” he explained.

Also, “The first Chinese readout talked about a six point consensus. The Indian readout that followed echoes some of the substantive points. But it is much more crisp, but it does not tell you that the relationship is necessarily moving in the direction of a consensus in any which way,” he noted.

The next step involves new confidence building measures or a framework for border management, and “we're likely to see that evolve in the talks going forward at the military and diplomatic level,” he said.

“You will need to clearly have some sort of new protocols in place. That does not mean that the earlier protocols need to be rubbished, but they need to be augmented because facts on the ground have changed over the last 20, 30 years.”

To get a deeper perspective of the issues that still need to be resolved, and to understand why India needs to be able to do business with China without compromising on national security, watch the full interview.

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[igolfer]

Unlike India, China does everything for the world peace. China always tries to work and cooperate with India. It is to the benefits of both countries. But China is very clear minded about India.

India’s behavior at the BRICS summit in Russia should be no surprise to anyone. The reason Chinese media do not say much about Sino-ndia summit meeting is simply because India is capricious and not trust-worthy at all. In the Chinese saying, India changes its face faster than you can turn a page of a book. India’s handshake with China in Kazan, Russia, is to please Russia and its confrontation with China is to please The United States. Unfortunately, this will be the basic principle of India’s foreign policy strategy for years to come.

India is no more than a vassal state. Its opportunistic nature and its servant culture cultivated by the 300 hundreds years of British colonization make Indians always try to find a master. Its jealousy of China’s rise in such a short time in human history drives Indians crazy. Unfortunately or fortunately, India did not gain anything in its fights with China. It will lose even bigger in its future fights with China no matter who its backer is.

[kallachi]

The tag line has to read “ there has to be a lot more dialogues with India”