Beijing: India's unease over the Sino-US
joint statement on Indo-Pak relations may indicate a "sense of
loss" in New Delhi at the growing ties between China and
America, Chinese scholars said today.
While justifying the controversial Sino-US statement that
pledged support for improvement in Indo-Pak ties, they said it
is in China's interests to have an "orderly neighbourly
environment."
India's reaction may demonstrate a sense of wariness and
a fear of being ignored at growing Sino-US ties after
President Barack Obama's visit to Beijing here, the state-run
'Global Times" here reported quoting the Chinese analysts as
saying.
Wang Dehua of the Institute of South and Central Asian
Studies at the Shanghai Centre for International Studies said
India unavoidably suffered "a sense of loss" while observing
that Sino-US relations were entering a new phase.
"China and the US adopted the spirit of seeking common
ground while putting differences aside. That should be a
reference for the Sino-India relationship. The Indian side,
however, seems to prefer to prioritise differences," Wang told
the paper, a sister publication of the ruling Communist
Party's mouthpiece, People's Daily.
"Good relations between China and Pakistan also benefit
India, as China has been trying to persuade Pakistan to
continue the peace process with India, instead of jointly
confronting it."
Bureau Report
First Published: Friday, November 20, 2009, 18:59