Chinese paper accuses Indian media of war rhetoric

Amid reports of Chinese military intrusions into India, a leading state-run Chinese newspaper on Thursday accused the Indian media of trying to present a "bleak picture" of the Sino-India relations by raising "war rhetoric".

Beijing: Amid reports of Chinese military
intrusions into India, a leading state-run Chinese newspaper
on Thursday accused the Indian media of trying to present a "bleak
picture" of the Sino-India relations by raising "war rhetoric"
and sowing "seeds of enmity" between the two countries.

"If you are a regular reader of reports in the Indian
media, you can be excused for thinking a war is imminent
between India and China. For the past few months, the Indian
media have been trying to fan passions on both sides," the
`China Daily` said in a editorial.
"Instead of informing, inspiring and trying to find the
truth, it is trying to throttle professional ethics to raise
the war rhetoric and sow seeds of enmity between the two
peoples," the paper said.

The editorial came two days after Beijing officially
denied reports that its border guards had intruded into
Ladakh in India and painted boulders and rocks red there.
"A bleak picture of Sino-India relations - which is
farthest from reality - is what a section of the Indian media
wants to present to its readers," the paper charged noting
that some "alarmists even predicted China will attack India by
2012" to divert the attention of its people from
"unprecedented" internal dissent, growing unemployment and
financial problems.

At the same time, the leading English-language daily
also acknowledged that a section of the Chinese media has also
behaved irresponsibly.

Bureau Report

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