THINK!

China sincerely believes that it’s diplomacy is working. America and India both think otherwise. There are global imperatives that mature democracies understand. China is no democracy and therefore has a major disadvantage in terms of international feed-back. Chinese people are becoming very nationalistic and have stopped listening to what they don’t want to hear. It is a very bad development! China and the Chinese believe that one day, in not too distance a future, they would over-take the United States of America. What does it mean? It means that the ‘Chinese Economy’ might become bigger than US economy in terms of GDP (Gross Domestic Product) by the middle of this century. So be it! Who cares? But the important thing is that the per capita GDP in China would remain a quarter of the per-capita income of America and the Americans. Only that criteria determines the living standards of it’s people and their quality of life. People develop a society and not the government.

The second global imperative is the ‘Chinese Military Muscle’. The United States of America will not allow China to develop a ‘Military Capability’ that would threaten it’s ‘Global National Interests’ in Asia and around the world. Chinese believe that they would continue to grow it’s offensive capabilities under the International radar. That is not going to happen. First, no country in the world could challenge America’s dominance in it’s R&D (Research & Development) and second, no country has such an advance indigenous capability. These advantages are not developed overnight. It has taken the US more than hundred and fifty years to create a vast ‘Military Industrial Complex’ as it exists today. Besides, it is becoming an inter-dependent world and no country benefits by trying to build a clandestine ‘Military Infrastructure’. It is insane the way China wants to control it’s national development.

America is not the only country that China needs to be concerned about. India, Japan and Russia are all very nervous with the rise of China. It is part of the ‘United Nations Panchyat’ and pretends to be in the family of ‘European Brahmins’. India and Japan sit outside the ‘Panch Pradhan’ (Five High-Priests) of UN (United Nations) and are often scolded now and then for something that the ‘Panchyat’ feels is unacceptable. China equipped with a veto power over India has enjoyed the ‘August Company’ for 68 years. India is like the ‘Untouchable’, itching to storm the club of ‘Permanent Five’ (Panch Pradhan) and occupy the high-seat of power and prestige. This may not be a big deal for some but for atleast one billion Indians this is the biggest insult. China knows that and most Chinese pretend that it is their right to boss over India.

China is not just the India’s neighbor, but is also a major rival for natural resources and an adversary in terms of our national security. The Government of India has to say nice things about it’s neighbor as this is called diplomacy. As far as the people of India are concerned, they have always been suspisious of China and it’s motives. Indians would continue to pretend that everything is honky-dory between China and India till we feel secured and strong enough to stand up to our ‘Northern Bully’. We, the Indians, also believe that we have better brains compared to Chinese but they work a little harder than us. China has five to one advantage over India in economy, military power and every other parameter. This is absolutely unacceptable to Indians and they make no bones about it. Our growth rate is not as bad. While China is growing at the rate of 12% a year, India might chug along at 8% or close. So how do we catch up?