“India will Stay Away from Japan’s Anti-China Coalition”, Says Chinese Daily

Sep 24, 2014 Tushita Politics 0

Ahead of the Indian Prime Minister’s maiden visit to the U.S., a Chinese daily on Tuesday, has gone on to quote that India will sidestep from joining Japan’s efforts to build a strategic counterweight against China along with the US as it follows an independent foreign policy.

It was also learnt that some Japanese commentators hinted that Japan and India were aiming to build a strategic counterweight to China while referring to Modi’s visit to Japan a while ago.

An article in the online edition of the ‘People’s Daily’, the mouthpiece of the ruling Communist Party, said that these suggestions are groundless. “India, the ‘giant elephant’ of South Asia, operates an independent foreign policy. No major powers including Japan and the US will succeed in imposing their will on India. India’s prudent foreign policy is decided by India’s practical interests,” it said.

It also highlighted China’s President Xi Jinping’s recent visit to New Delhi as first visit from a leader of any major power after the establishment of the new Indian government.

“Indian leaders often point out that you can choose your friends but you cannot choose your neighbours. It is of indispensable strategic value for India to cooperate with China on a friendly basis. How India manages its other relationships is another story,” it said.

The article also implied that being in good relations with China, is of all-round benefit to both India and China and has significant geopolitical implications. According to the article, the stronger the Sino-India relationship is, the better India will be able to manage its relationships with the US and Japan.

China has always been considered a rival by the U.S. and Japan. It has long been in dispute with Japan over Diaoyu islands in the East China Sea.
Both the US and Japan are inclined to look for allies to help them counter China. They will try to discourage India from any rapprochement with China if the two countries seem to be getting too close, the article asserted.

“China is seeking long-term benefits from its relationship with India. The Sino-India relationship is of independent strategic value and it has nothing to do with relationships with America and Japan. The Sino-India bond has been improving for many years, better than many other foreign relationships. Rationality and perspective play dominant roles in Sino-India relationships,” it said.

The governments of China and India take a practical and positive approach when it comes to territorial disputes between the two countries, in order not to damage their bilateral relationship, it stated.

“This is a most reasonable approach in dealing with territorial disputes in Asia. It also provides the two countries with a new angle to manage this kind of dispute. Itis necessary to understand that China and India are complementary to each other,” the article said.

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