India-China Relations

[mahesh]

Chinese launched their 2nd carrier which is far from being ready. it is an urgent decision to raising tension in south china sea and US presence in SCS with the issues relating to N korea. But Chinese media have said pointing towards indian unfinished carrier, telling to concentrate on Our economy instead of carriers.
I would like to point out that china is fuelling with military hardwares to pakistan and North korea.
Every chinese economic interests are being influenced or guarded by chinese military.
the same goes to us.

But as a contrast to what chinese media says, Modi government really need to take long term plans and strategies to strengthen the back of indian economy.

 

[Trinetra]

India says no to China's offer of going soft on a 54-yr-old deal with Pakistan on Kashmir. Read why

NEW DELHI: India has rejected China’s contention that Beijing had never acknowledged Pakistan’s claims on parts of Jammu and Kashmir as final, underscoring its sustained opposition to the One Belt One Road (OBOR) project that New Delhi believes infringes sovereignty.

To overcome India’s resistance, China has revived its four-point proposal to overcome its differences with India and deepen relations by aligning its OBOR project with New Delhi’s ‘Act East Policy’, restarting negotiations on a free-trade pact.

India, which is unlikely to attend the May 14-15 OBOR Summit in Beijing, has been opposed to the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) – the flagship project under OBOR as it passes through Pakoccupied Kashmir, infringing sovereignty.

The CPEC will link Kashgar in Xinjiang in China and a deep sea port at Gwadar in Balochistan in south-western Pakistan. The peace proposal put forward last week by Chinese envoy LuoZhaohui also includes starting negotiations on a ‘’China-India Treaty of Good Neighbourliness and Friendly Cooperation’’ and prioritising an early solution to the border dispute between the two countries. Luo in further outreach stated that China is not opposed to any country’s membership to the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group (NSG), believing that a standard for admission should be agreed upon first.

However, it is unlikely that Beijing will change its previous position on criteria-based membership at the next NSG plenary mid-June in Switzerland.

Beijing had recently conveyed to New Delhi that the title and Article 6 of its 1963 agreement with Islamabad showed that China not only recognized Kashmir as an issue of territorial dispute between India and Pakistan, but also remained open to renegotiate the agreement after India and Pakistan settled the dispute, persons familiar with the matter indicated.

Delhi, however, made it clear to Beijing that it considered the 1963 China-Pakistan boundary agreement itself as “illegal and invalid,” said one of the persons quoted above. Beijing tried to convey to Delhi that its 54-year-old agreement with Islamabad recognized Pakistan’s claim on the disputed territory only as an interim measure, pending the settlement of its dispute with India. Beijing also claimed that the contents of the Sino-Pak boundary pact adequately “accommodated the concerns” of India.

The pact Beijing signed with Islamabad in 1963 was titled “Agreement Between the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Government of Pakistan on the Boundary Between China’s Xinjiang and the Contiguous Areas the Defence of Which is Under the Actual Control of Pakistan”.

Article 6 of provides that when India and Pakistan would settle the Kashmir dispute, “the sovereign authority concerned would reopen negotiations with the government of the People’s Republic of China, on the boundary as described in Article 2 of the present agreement, so as to sign a formal Boundary Treaty to replace the present agreement.”

It is well known that Islamabad illegally ceded 5180 square kms of India’s territory to China through the pact. Beijing already pledged to invest $ 62 billion in the CPEC. Speaking at a closed door meet at the United Services Institute here last Friday, Ambassador Luo not only put forward the peace proposal, but also said that China is willing to mediate to resolve Indo-Pak differences if both sides accept it. “When the Mumbai terrorist Attack on November 26, 2008, took place, I was the Chinese ..

 

[Trinetra]

'Beijing must take India's growth seriously', says China's state media

HIGHLIGHTS

• China should be worried, very worried, about India's growth, Global Times wrote
• India has a demographic advantage over China, it said
• It also touted India's solar sector as "without competition" for investors

NEW DELHI: China's state-controlled press, which usually disparages India's growth story, today published an article saying Beijing can't afford to get too complacent, especially if "India copies China", because the South Asian nation will then "gain the attention of world capital".

Global Times, the Chinese Communist Party's newspaper on international affairs, went so far as to say "there are growing signs that India is succeeding in attracting more and more investment" and that is something China should "take seriously". Another factor in India's favour is its demographic. "As China's demographic dividend diminishes, India, with half of its population below the age of 25, is poised to take advantage," it said. And it singled out the solar energy sector in India as pretty much without competition "in supporting investors."

Today's article is based largely on a report by a private Beijing think tank called 'Anbound'; Global Times has bolstered that report with an Ernst & Young analysis. Much of the article is based on Anbound answering this question: "If India decided to copy China, what impact would it have and what should China do? "

China should be worried, very worried, Global Times wrote, citing Anbound's answer.

"If India intentionally creates a competitive situation in front of global investors, it will pose a challenge for China. Because generally speaking, India does have the conditions to copy China's economic growth model thanks to its vast size and market, low labor costs and large population, which are all similar to China's conditions. In fact, based on the EY (Ernst & Young) report, global investors are currently undecided," Global Times wrote.

"Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi hopes to boost the usage of clean energy over fossil fuels by building massive solar parks and is targeting $100 billion in investment in solar energy in the next five years, with the backing of loans from the World Bank. No other country could compete with India in supporting investors in the solar economy," Global Times wrote.

 

[Cutting Edge 2]

Property developers shouldn't invest in Indian market, says Chinese media

Sun, 21 May 2017-10:35pm , ANI

China's semi-official mouthpiece, the Global Times, has asked Chinese property developers to avoid showing interest in housing projects in India.

China's property sector has surpassed its peak growth period even as its housing market boomed with rapid, record-breaking sales and price growth in 2016.

Chinese developers are finding interest in Indian markets

Data from the National Bureau of Statistics, China's top statistics bureau, on Thursday pointed to an indication that tougher measures to rein in the red hot housing market have taken effect and that Chinese developers are looking for new sectors or markets to diversify their businesses .

Domestic developers, including Dalian Wanda, have shown interest in housing projects in India.

The Global Times has warned Chinese property developers to avoid blind rush into the Indian market in pursuit of the next big market opportunity where the rules are different.

Chinese developers should avoid a blind rush into the Indian market where the rules of play are vastly different. The complexity of acquiring land in India is even greater, given the country's land control regulations.

The fast-growing Indian economy and a burgeoning middle class has made the country increasingly alluring as an investment destination for Chinese businesses.

The newest data from U.S.-based market research firm International Data Corporation revealed that Chinese phone vendors took up more than half of India's smartphone market in terms of shipments in the first quarter of the year, a promising sign perhaps that Chinese brands are popular in India, The Global Times reported.

http://www.dnaindia.com/business/re...t-in-indian-market-says-chinese-media-2446453

 

[IndianHawk]

Property developers shouldn't invest in Indian market, says Chinese media

Sun, 21 May 2017-10:35pm , ANI

China's semi-official mouthpiece, the Global Times, has asked Chinese property developers to avoid showing interest in housing projects in India.

China's property sector has surpassed its peak growth period even as its housing market boomed with rapid, record-breaking sales and price growth in 2016.

Chinese developers are finding interest in Indian markets

Data from the National Bureau of Statistics, China's top statistics bureau, on Thursday pointed to an indication that tougher measures to rein in the red hot housing market have taken effect and that Chinese developers are looking for new sectors or markets to diversify their businesses .

Domestic developers, including Dalian Wanda, have shown interest in housing projects in India.

The Global Times has warned Chinese property developers to avoid blind rush into the Indian market in pursuit of the next big market opportunity where the rules are different.

Chinese developers should avoid a blind rush into the Indian market where the rules of play are vastly different. The complexity of acquiring land in India is even greater, given the country's land control regulations.

The fast-growing Indian economy and a burgeoning middle class has made the country increasingly alluring as an investment destination for Chinese businesses.

The newest data from U.S.-based market research firm International Data Corporation revealed that Chinese phone vendors took up more than half of India's smartphone market in terms of shipments in the first quarter of the year, a promising sign perhaps that Chinese brands are popular in India, The Global Times reported.

http://www.dnaindia.com/business/re...t-in-indian-market-says-chinese-media-2446453

Very good.
Global times 50cent writers know better about business than chinese real estate businessmen. If there was no global times to advise all Chinese business will go bankrupt pretty soon I presume.

 

[Cutting Edge 2]

India reneging on promise by conducting naval drills in South China Sea: China
May 22, 2017, 01.16 PM IST

BEIJING: India which is conducting major naval drills with Singapore in the disputed South China Sea has "reneged" on its promise not to provoke China on the sensitive issue, a Chinese military expert said today.

Judging from the deployment of anti-submarine weapons, the purpose of the drills is clearly aimed at impacting China's submarines in the India Ocean, which India regards as a "threat" to its influence in the area, Song Zhongping, a military expert who used to serve in the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force was quoted as saying by the state-run Global Times.

"India had promised not to take sides and provoke China on the South China Sea disputes. But the country is reneging on its promise by conducting such major drills in the area," Song said.

Navies of India and Singapore last Thursday began a seven-day-long mega maritime exercise in the SCS which has been witnessing a growing Chinese assertiveness.

The drill code-named "SIMBEX" (Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise) aims to enhance interoperability between the two navies.

China had said that if such exchanges and cooperation is for the benefit of regional peace and security, then it has no opposition to the drills.

"We just hope that when the relevant countries conduct such exchanges and cooperation, they should bear in mind such activities should not hurt the interests of other countries or have any negative impact to regional peace and stability," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said on May 19.

Song also said the high-level of cooperation between India and Japan, including the "Freedom Corridor" that connects Asia-Pacific to Africa, can also be seen as pushback against China's Belt and Road initiative.

The close bilateral cooperation is the previous Obama administration's legacy, in which Japan and India were meant to keep China at bay, both politically and militarily, Qian Feng, an expert at the Chinese Association for South Asian Studies, was quoted by the report.

Qian also stressed that India's recent operations in Southeast Asia are a political investment. India could use its influence in ASEAN countries as a bargaining chip in negotiations with China, once ties between China and ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries get strained over South China Sea disputes, he said.

He also referred to reports that India and Japan are working on infrastructure projects, including the expansion of Iran's Chabahar port and Sri Lanka's Trincomalee port, and the development of the Dawei port along the Thai-Myanmar border.

India did not send an official delegation to China to attend last week's 'Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation' in Beijing in view of its concerns over the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) which passes through the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).

China claims almost all of the South China Sea. Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan have counter claims over the area.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...outh-china-sea-china/articleshow/58786836.cms

 

[Cutting Edge 2]

Chinese wall still stands in India's path into NSG
Tue, 23 May 2017-06:40am , New Delhi

Over past many months Indian diplomacy had been on an overdrive, even approaching Russia to influence Beijing not to oppose India's entry

Ahead of the Nuclear Suppliers Group's (NSG's) plenary meeting in June, China on Monday insisted on evolving the criteria for admitting countries that have not signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) into the elite club. The demand, couched in diplomatic language, means that a Chinese wall will stand against India's membership.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told a regular news briefing that inclusion of non-NPT countries (such as India and Pakistan) in the NSG should follow a two-step approach — evolving a universal formula for all such nations and then taking up each country's application.

Over past many months Indian diplomacy had been on an overdrive, even approaching Russia to influence Beijing not to oppose India's entry. Sources here said that Russia was even warned that India will stall purchase of its nuclear reactors for Kudankulam 5 and 6 if it didn't prevail upon Beijing to end its opposition. It is believed that Russia's deputy PM Dmitry Rogozin had raised the issue with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his meeting earlier this month.

Keeping in view Beijing's stance, it appears that Russia has not been able to use its influence "China's position on the non-NPT members' participation in the NSG has not changed," Chinese spokesperson Hua Chunying said. "We support the NSG group following the mandate of the 2016 Seoul plenary session and building consensus as well as (an) intergovernmental process (that) is open and transparent to deal with the relevant issue in a two-step approach," she added.

India has underscored that NPT membership is not essential for joining the NSG, as was illustrated in the case with France, which became a member of the NSG without signing the NPT. Sources here said that at the talks with China, India had insisted that the NSG was not a non-proliferation grouping, but an "export control" mechanism. Therefore, India's NSG bid should be de-linked from the criterion of NPT membership.

The 48-nation NSG is expected to hold its plenary next month in Bern, Switzerland, where New Delhi's entry is expected to be discussed. India officially applied for membership in May last year. The matter came up for discussion at the NSG's Seoul plenary session last June but Beijing scuttled New Delhi's bid on the ground that it was not a signatory to the NPT regime. China has reiterated its position on new applicants in the past but detractors say it is pursuing such an approach at the behest of its close ally Pakistan.

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-chinese-wall-still-stands-in-india-s-path-into-nsg-2447660

If we don't get NSG membership, we too should proliferate nuclear tech with other countries and use those countries to blackmail world community. This is exactly what China does with North Korea and Pakistan.

 

[indiatester]

Chinese wall still stands in India's path into NSG
Tue, 23 May 2017-06:40am , New Delhi

Over past many months Indian diplomacy had been on an overdrive, even approaching Russia to influence Beijing not to oppose India's entry

Ahead of the Nuclear Suppliers Group's (NSG's) plenary meeting in June, China on Monday insisted on evolving the criteria for admitting countries that have not signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) into the elite club. The demand, couched in diplomatic language, means that a Chinese wall will stand against India's membership.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told a regular news briefing that inclusion of non-NPT countries (such as India and Pakistan) in the NSG should follow a two-step approach — evolving a universal formula for all such nations and then taking up each country's application.

Over past many months Indian diplomacy had been on an overdrive, even approaching Russia to influence Beijing not to oppose India's entry. Sources here said that Russia was even warned that India will stall purchase of its nuclear reactors for Kudankulam 5 and 6 if it didn't prevail upon Beijing to end its opposition. It is believed that Russia's deputy PM Dmitry Rogozin had raised the issue with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his meeting earlier this month.

Keeping in view Beijing's stance, it appears that Russia has not been able to use its influence "China's position on the non-NPT members' participation in the NSG has not changed," Chinese spokesperson Hua Chunying said. "We support the NSG group following the mandate of the 2016 Seoul plenary session and building consensus as well as (an) intergovernmental process (that) is open and transparent to deal with the relevant issue in a two-step approach," she added.

India has underscored that NPT membership is not essential for joining the NSG, as was illustrated in the case with France, which became a member of the NSG without signing the NPT. Sources here said that at the talks with China, India had insisted that the NSG was not a non-proliferation grouping, but an "export control" mechanism. Therefore, India's NSG bid should be de-linked from the criterion of NPT membership.

The 48-nation NSG is expected to hold its plenary next month in Bern, Switzerland, where New Delhi's entry is expected to be discussed. India officially applied for membership in May last year. The matter came up for discussion at the NSG's Seoul plenary session last June but Beijing scuttled New Delhi's bid on the ground that it was not a signatory to the NPT regime. China has reiterated its position on new applicants in the past but detractors say it is pursuing such an approach at the behest of its close ally Pakistan.

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-chinese-wall-still-stands-in-india-s-path-into-nsg-2447660

China would not have accommodated even if India had not allowed Dalia Lama to visit Arunachal and attended OROB summit.
Atleast now we should be happy that we are taking harder stance against the Chinese.
Conducting drills in SCS is progress. I hope we make use of transit across SCS and not give in to threats.

 

[Innocent]

Pigeon with Chinese numbers creates a flutter on Arunachal border


http://www.hindustantimes.com/india...chal-border/story-CloJolMf3hgaNCTs05I6aN.html


The pigeon was caught with Chinese tags in Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh. (HT Photo)

• 
  A pigeon with a tag bearing Chinese numbers has created a flutter in Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh on the Sino-Indian border. Anjaw villagers captured the pigeon on Sunday.
  
  “We got information that villagers have captured a bird with tags. The forest department has been alerted to find out details,” Mamata Riba, deputy commissioner of Anjaw, told HT on Monday.
  
  Amid talk that the pigeon could be part of a Chinese plan to carry out surveillance, officials did not say whether the bird was also fitted with transmitters or cameras.
  
  A picture of the pigeon with the tag on its left leg has been widely shared on social media. District officials said this was the first recorded instance of such a capture.
  
  The tag on the bird could be for research purposes, said officials. “Unless ascertained otherwise, we can’t surmise on our own since the nature of tagging is apparently for research. We are waiting for the forest department report,” Riba said.
  
  Union home minister Rajnath Singh asked chief ministers of five Himalayan states and senior Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) officials on Saturday to remain “very vigilant” against Chinese transgression along the border.
  
  Addressing the first meeting of CMs of Himalayan states, which are located along the Sino-Indian border, in Gangtok, Singh sought improvement of basic infrastructure in the areas so that locals do not migrate.
  

 

[Cutting Edge 2]

India plans tsunami warning system for South China Sea
PTI | Updated: May 24, 2017, 11.19 PM IST

HIGHLIGHTS

• India is exploring the possibility of setting up a tsunami early warning system in South China Sea
• China's tsunami warning centre in the region was expected to start trial operations this year, its official news agency, Xinhua, reported from Beijing in March

NEW DELHI: India is trying to extend its influence over the disputed South China Sea by exploring the possibility of setting up a tsunami early warning systemfor the region -- something that China has reportedly also been working on.

India's system would provide South China Sea littoral states such as Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia with early alerts in the case of a tsunami -- high waves caused by a quake in the sea that can cause unmitigated damage.

China's tsunami warning centre in the region was expected to start trial operations this year, its official news agency, Xinhua, reported from Beijing in March.

M Rajeevan, secretary in the Ministry of Earth Sciences, said India already had a system in place to provide tsunami warnings to south-east and south Asian nations.

"India is the chairperson of RIMES (Regional Integrated Multi-hazard Early Warning System for Asia and Africa). We are also a major contributor in terms of resources. So we are exploring the possibility of having a tsunami early warning system in the South China Sea," Rajeevan said.

India also has economic interests in the disputed waters, especially in offshore oil exploration, along with Vietnam's PetroVietnam.

With China claiming the Spratly archipelago in the sea as its own, India's role in the region acquires greater significance.

Rajeevan, however, clarified that the project had no official sanction yet.

"If the project materialises then the alerts will be provided through RIMES and will benefit nations such as Vietnam and Thailand," he said.

The Xinhua report quoted a member of the National Marine Environmental Forecasting Centre as saying that issuing tsunami alerts to the international community was an "important" move for China for regional marine cooperation and global ocean governance.

The significance of the region for India was highlighted by External Affairs Minister V K Singh who said, in a written response to a question in Rajya Sabha on February 2, that over 55 per cent of India'a trade passed through the South China Sea and the Malacca Straits.

"India undertakes various activities, including cooperation in the oil and gas sector, with the littoral states of the South China Sea," Singh said, stressing that stability in the region was of "great significance" to India.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...na-sea-as-does-china/articleshow/58828318.cms

 

[vinuzap]

India plans tsunami warning system for South China Sea

NEW DELHI: India is trying to extend its influence over the disputed South China Sea by exploring the possibility of setting up a tsunami early warning systemfor the region -- something that China has reportedly also been working on.

India's system would provide South China Sea littoral states such as Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia with early alerts in the case of a tsunami -- high waves caused by a quake in the sea that can cause unmitigated damage.

China's tsunami warning centre in the region was expected to start trial operations this year, its official news agency, Xinhua, reported from Beijing in March.

M Rajeevan, secretary in the Ministry of Earth Sciences, said India already had a system in place to provide tsunami warnings to south-east and south Asian nations.

"India is the chairperson of RIMES (Regional Integrated Multi-hazard Early Warning System for Asia and Africa). We are also a major contributor in terms of resources. So we are exploring the possibility of having a tsunami early warning system in the South China Sea," Rajeevan said.

India also has economic interests in the disputed waters, especially in offshore oil exploration, along with Vietnam's PetroVietnam.

With China claiming the Spratly archipelago in the sea as its own, India's role in the region acquires greater significance.

Rajeevan, however, clarified that the project had no official sanction yet.




"If the project materialises then the alerts will be provided through RIMES and will benefit nations such as Vietnam and Thailand," he said.

The Xinhua report quoted a member of the National Marine Environmental Forecasting Centre as saying that issuing tsunami alerts to the international community was an "important" move for China for regional marine cooperation and global ocean governance.





The significance of the region for India was highlighted by External Affairs Minister V K Singh who said, in a written response to a question in Rajya Sabha on February 2, that over 55 per cent of India'a trade passed through the South China Sea and the Malacca Straits.




"India undertakes various activities, including cooperation in the oil and gas sector, with the littoral states of the South China Sea," Singh said, stressing that stability in the region was of "great significance" to India.

 

[indiatester]

Pigeon with Chinese numbers creates a flutter on Arunachal border


http://www.hindustantimes.com/india...chal-border/story-CloJolMf3hgaNCTs05I6aN.html


The pigeon was caught with Chinese tags in Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh. (HT Photo)

• 
  A pigeon with a tag bearing Chinese numbers has created a flutter in Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh on the Sino-Indian border. Anjaw villagers captured the pigeon on Sunday.
  
  “We got information that villagers have captured a bird with tags. The forest department has been alerted to find out details,” Mamata Riba, deputy commissioner of Anjaw, told HT on Monday.
  
  Amid talk that the pigeon could be part of a Chinese plan to carry out surveillance, officials did not say whether the bird was also fitted with transmitters or cameras.
  
  A picture of the pigeon with the tag on its left leg has been widely shared on social media. District officials said this was the first recorded instance of such a capture.
  
  The tag on the bird could be for research purposes, said officials. “Unless ascertained otherwise, we can’t surmise on our own since the nature of tagging is apparently for research. We are waiting for the forest department report,” Riba said.
  
  Union home minister Rajnath Singh asked chief ministers of five Himalayan states and senior Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) officials on Saturday to remain “very vigilant” against Chinese transgression along the border.
  
  Addressing the first meeting of CMs of Himalayan states, which are located along the Sino-Indian border, in Gangtok, Singh sought improvement of basic infrastructure in the areas so that locals do not migrate.

These sorts of reports make us look silly. The Chinese or any enemy is far more capable and don't have to depend on pigeons etc for either surveillance or communication.
While I understand the eagerness of a junior reporter to file some story, I don't understand the stupidity of an editor to actually publishing it.
@Innocent my rant is against HT mate, not against you.

 

[vinuzap]

Now for every dollar of growth China has to incurr a debt of 6 dollars. The present debt is 245% of GDP which will further rise after all loans of one belt


Indian debt is 61% of GDP which is quite stable or safe and they will maintain the fundamentals

Very good.
Global times 50cent writers know better about business than chinese real estate businessmen. If there was no global times to advise all Chinese business will go bankrupt pretty soon I presume.

this is the reason moody degraded them and here this chutiya global times continuing propaganda

 

[Cutting Edge 2]

India-China Trade, Business Ties Grow Despite Differences
ASIA & PACIFIC
17:33 25.05.2017

Political ties between India and China are far from cordial giving an impression that nothing is right between the two countries. But that’s not the full picture. Be it Chinese foreign investment in India or Indian movies at the Chinese box office, the two countries are scripting new avenues of cooperation.

New Delhi (Sputnik) — India not only skipped the past week's One Belt, One Road (also called Belt and Road) Summit in Beijing, but has also voiced its opposition to the trillion dollar infrastructure initiative, particularly the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, which runs through the Pakistan side of Kashmir, a territory which India claims as its own.

India has clearly raised its objections on the basis of sovereignty, debt and environmental concerns.

"We are of the firm belief that connectivity initiatives must be based on universally recognized international norms, good governance, rule of law, openness, transparency and equality," India's Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson responded to a query on India’s participation in the OBOR/BRI Forum (http://www.mea.gov.in/media-briefin...ry_on_participation_of_India_in_OBORBRI_Forum). "Connectivity initiatives must follow principles of financial responsibility to avoid projects that would create an unsustainable debt burden for communities; balanced ecological and environmental protection and preservation standards; transparent assessment of project costs; and skill and technology transfer to help long term running and maintenance of the assets created by local communities. Connectivity projects must be pursued in a manner that respects the sovereignty and territorial integrity."

Wary of China’s Rising Power, India Skips Silk Road Summit in Beijing
Dr Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan, Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, told Sputnik why India can't support the Belt and Road Initiative at present: "The foreign ministry has clearly listed our objections. But it is not India alone which is having differences with China on the OBOR. The EU has clearly raised its concerns while attending the Summit. These differences don’t mean infrastructure built under the OBOR can't be leveraged.

Despite the chill that has set in India-China ties after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping's bonhomie during the latter's visit in 2014, foreign direct investment from China to India has steadily increased in the last three years. China has emerged as one of the fastest-growing sources of foreign direct investment into India — it was the 17th largest in 2016, up from the 28th in 2014 and 35th in 2011.

Not only that, the bilateral trade in 2016 reached $70.08 billion, down from $71.63 billion in 2015, according to data available with China's General Administration of Customs. The trade deficit reached a record $46.56 billion, but it is also linked to slowing demand in China.

Experts said a burgeoning trade deficit is a reason for concern but India has become an attractive destination for the Chinese.
“China’s prime focus is on trade and investment, with all economies across the world, including India. In addition to pumping massive infrastructure investment through OBOR, Chinese businesses are now investing in lucrative sectors like electronics, mobile handsets, consumer durables where they have gained a significant advantage. For instance, mobile handsets is one major area where they are giving tough competition to established brands like Samsung, LG, Apple and others in India and elsewhere. Many Chinese brands have or planning to set up manufacturing units as well giving a boost to job creation and skill development. It is now up to India how well we are able to harness these investments by creating a conducive environment,” Dr. Deep K-Datta Ray, Associate Professor, OP Jindal World University, told Sputnik.

https://sputniknews.com/asia/201705251053981274-india-china-trade-business/

 

[mahesh]

Face-off between Chinese, Indian troops in Sikkim after PLA 'transgression'
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ese-troops-in-sikkim/articleshow/59323968.cms

 

[Hemu Vikram Aditya]

Face-off between Chinese, Indian troops in Sikkim after PLA 'transgression'
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ese-troops-in-sikkim/articleshow/59323968.cms

Camera utha kar phek dena chaiye

 

[Indibomber]

Sub theek hai par bc how the fuck did they destroy our bunkers! Bunkers are strong to hold small weapons. So what the fuck happened?

 

[Project Dharma]

Sub theek hai par bc how the fuck did they destroy our bunkers! Bunkers are strong to hold small weapons. So what the fuck happened?

Make shift bunkers...

Probably bulldozed them I'm guessing.

 

[captscooby81]

This is an very old video 3 years if i am not wrong ...This happened at the time when Xi visited india and having tea with modi in Ahmedabad and the chinese made incursions into our territory

Face-off between Chinese, Indian troops in Sikkim after PLA 'transgression'
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ese-troops-in-sikkim/articleshow/59323968.cms

 

[Indibomber]

This is an very old video 3 years if i am not wrong ...This happened at the time when Xi visited india and having tea with modi in Ahmedabad and the chinese made incursions into our territory

These are not the old ones. This is new..