China is again upto tricks with its belligerence. It has asked India to refrain from oil exploration in the resource rich Vietnamese blocks of the South China sea as the islands are under dispute. Isn't that a ridiculous joke and an example of double standards?
Then, what the hell are they doing in Pakistan occupied Kashmir? Their companies are involved in carrying out huge infrastructural projects out there and they seem to be at it, for the last few years, giving the Indian misgivings the go by.
When asked about the mismatch, the spokesperson of the Chinese government seems to have quipped that both are totally different issues because, insofar as Kashmir was concerned, it was a bilateral issue between India and Pakistan which has to be resolved between the two. In the same breath, he added that the sovereignty of the islands of the South China was a 'major' issue implying that it cannot be 'trivialised' as a dispute between China and Vietnam. Moreover, the underlying warning that the Chinese seem to be passing on is that it doesn't want anyone to bat for Vietnam.
To my mind, it's also economics that seems to be the primary concern in their double speak. They do not want India to become strong and self reliant!
It's hightime that the Chinese bluff is called and for us to take a tough stand and proceed with the oil exploration with the Vietnamese.
Then, what the hell are they doing in Pakistan occupied Kashmir? Their companies are involved in carrying out huge infrastructural projects out there and they seem to be at it, for the last few years, giving the Indian misgivings the go by.
When asked about the mismatch, the spokesperson of the Chinese government seems to have quipped that both are totally different issues because, insofar as Kashmir was concerned, it was a bilateral issue between India and Pakistan which has to be resolved between the two. In the same breath, he added that the sovereignty of the islands of the South China was a 'major' issue implying that it cannot be 'trivialised' as a dispute between China and Vietnam. Moreover, the underlying warning that the Chinese seem to be passing on is that it doesn't want anyone to bat for Vietnam.
To my mind, it's also economics that seems to be the primary concern in their double speak. They do not want India to become strong and self reliant!
It's hightime that the Chinese bluff is called and for us to take a tough stand and proceed with the oil exploration with the Vietnamese.
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