Tuesday, February 7, 2017

China has done it again.

China has done it yet again. A significant bid by the US in the United Nations for designating the Pathankot attack mastermind, Masood Azhar as a global terrorist has been 'blocked' by China.

The Chinese had opposed the US move by putting a 'hold' on the proposal. Its action came just before the expiry of the 10-day deadline for any proposal to be adopted or blocked or put on hold. The hold remains for six months and can be further extended by three months. During this period, it can be anytime converted into a block, thereby, ending the life of the proposal.

In the meantime, with much 'tom tomming' last week, Pakistan had put the guy under house arrest. That it was totally farcical was proved by two points:-

       * From his place of arrest he called for 'jihad' in Jammu and Kashmir.
       * He has given a new nomenclature to his terror outfit to remove the pressure on 'Jaish-e-
          Mohammed'!

My take.

It's crystal clear that with the connivance of these two countries, a dreaded terrorist outfit is being given the licence to roam freely. China is giving a lot of thrust to the 'Economic Corridor' through Pakistan, that it's busy constructing, to get a foothold into the Arabian Sea. What the two countries don't realise is that their actions are fraught with danger because, as the corridor gets commissioned, there would be many stakeholders who'll spring up to claim the share of the spoils and these terror outfits will be their biggest headache then!

Probably, it will be in the fitness of things or what one can say, will be 'natural justice' when China starts feeling the heat of the terrorist network that it's trying to nurture for short term gains. That Pakistan is already suffering from its ill designed policies need not be emphasised.

China has another problem. It doesn't want India to come up and become a strong, well developed country and so, it tries to put all sorts of silly impediments. What it doesn't realise is that the delay could only be for an extremely short while but, eventually, it will not have the wherewithal to arrest the momentum of growth that India is poised to make. India attaining the prime position among the global pantheon of nations is simply inevitable!

What it needs to understand is that it must achieve greatness by its strengths and not by putting down the others. I'm sure, history will teach China the hard lesson ultimately!


Tailpiece.

China and Pakistan are poised to learn hard lessons from the terrorist outfits they're protecting now. Period!   

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