Security of India from Chinese Dragon -I

As someone who deeply cares about the people of India, I have read with alarm certain developments in the past few months.

First and foremost, in August of 09, the Indian government took a decision to not to hoist Tricolour in Lal Chowk area of downtown Srinagar. This was the first time when the tricolour did not fly in Srinagar on Independence Day. (I will refer to this again in separate blog )

Second, sometime during Feb 2010, the Indian government took a decision to not to seek funds from ADB (Asian Development Bank) for projects in Arunachal Pradesh. This decision was taken after a huge hue and cry had been raised during the previous year when funds had been sought from ADB and during initial voting; India had won inspite of Chinese objections. Bear in mind that China calls Arunachal as Tawang and considers it to be part of Tibet. Hence, Arunachal Pradesh to Chinese Communist Party is the stick that they can use any time to browbeat India.

In both these instances, the GOI (government of India) indicated a lack of resolve and battle fatigue. This battle fatigue not only emboldens the enemies of the people of India, but it directly impacts the sustainability of India as a unified country. And my take here is that if the ruling elite, the 300 odd compromised families don’t possess the will to take the fight to the enemy camp, then this ruling dispensation must abdicate in favour of people who have the best wishes of Indians at heart. But more of this will be covered in third part of this article.

To revert back to the threat to India from China, it is essential to remember that China has been using the boundary dispute with India as the unifying theme for its citizenry. India is the only country with which China has so far not settled its border dispute, even as it has muscled its way with Vietnam, Russia, Mongolia and pushed aside other powers in South China Sea.

The military muscle that China today displays harks back to its economic strength. However, it is the belief of this author that Chinese economic miracle is a bubble. And when that bubble bursts, rest of the world better be aware. Among the first victims of aggression, when this bubble bursts, will be India but other countries will not be immune to the aggression.

I have been following the so called Chinese Success story for some time. And the more I research it, the more I become appalled by the financial chicanery that is being used to hide the real problems with in Chinese economy.

And why would it be so bad for the Chinese and Indians if this success story is merely a bubble?

The answer to above lies in three parts. First, India is the only country which continues to move ahead on its own steam without marginalizing its poor citizens and hence presents an antithesis to Chinese model. Second, India has been providing sanctuary to Dalai Lama, whom the Chinese consider “splittist”. Third, to divert the attention of the citizenry from its pathetic record of protecting the poor, the Chinese Communist Party will need an enemy and India fits the bill perfectly and it is precisely for this reason that the Chinese have displayed no interest in settling the border dispute with India.