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Noteworthy independent comments include a blog captioned “Reasons Behind
India’s Concession with respect to Southern Tibet”, contributed by one ‘
Sincere Soldier’ which appeared on 19 April 2012. The article seemed to
have some weight as it was carried in the Chinese language edition of the
official People’s Daily http://blog.people.com.cn/open/articleFine.do?articleId=1334802426…). The blogger, a frequent contributor, perhaps a military scholar, laid stress to the following five points relating to what he believed as India’s ‘concession’ –
(i) India, a country with long history and civilization, does not lack
personalities who know that the ‘McMahon line’ is illegal and has been
used to commit aggression against China. With India’s national interests in
their minds, such personalities may not openly express such feelings. But
such knowledge is implicit in the observations of the Governor of the border
region that some incongruities on the ground exist with regard to the
McMahon line,
(ii) (ii) India’s ‘ concession’ as signaled in the Mr J.J.Singh’s
remarks can perhaps be India’s trial baloon intended to test the likely
responses from both inside and outside the country. Facing the situation in
which there has all along been no way to solve the border issue due to its
long term persistence with an irrational territorial policy, India may have
developed new strategic considerations. It can perhaps be an attempt by
India to indulge in a delicate restructuring of its approach toward border
negotiations with China,
(iii) (iii) Nothing has come out of the demands felt so long by India to
stubbornly persist with a line of irrational expansion. This may have
prompted India to come out with signs now to change its approach; evidence
is the statement of Mr J.J Singh calling upon India to give up its stand of
considering the border non- negotiable. Analysts feel that it is a hint to
India’s acceptance of some of China’s positions about the disputed
territory,
(iv) (iv) India’s ‘concession’ is a progressive and welcome change ,
opening up a direction which can benefit the final settlement of the
disputed border. It vindicates China’s territorial positions. It is hoped
that more and more such correct voices would emanate from India, reaching
mainstream levels and that the ‘concession’ would more and more gain
consensus in India and
(v) (v) if India-China dispute persists for a long time, the conditions
would not be beneficial to India’s rise, India aims to become an
influential power, even a super power capable of policing the world like the
US. The costs of remaining in a long term conflict with China, would
adversely affect India’s economic development.. This is the deepest reason
behind India’s ‘concession’ with respect to Southern Tibet this time.
Needing a close scrutiny is also another Chinese language blog on the
subject. An unsigned article entitled “India Suddenly Changes Face to China
April 2012, (blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_697084010102e31q.html?tj=1) quoted ‘
analysts’ as saying that the views of Mr J. J. Singh who is the Governor of
a disputed territory could be representative of what the Indian government
thinks and that they may contain a hint at the possibility of India
accepting some of Chinese border positions and changing its hard line
territorial position hitherto adopted during future border talks. While
saying that if India has ‘ really’ given a ‘concession’ signal, Sino-
Indian ties which remain affected due to a long term standoff, can witness a
new turn, the article contained a note of caution against rushing to any
pre-mature conclusion, as the question whether Mr J. J. Singh’s remarks are
a verbal mistake or personal is unclear, at present only a ‘signal’ is
available and responses to it from the Indian Government and within the
country are awaited. The article concluded by saying that in any case, the
Sino-Indian border conflict is a historic colonial legacy and a source of
much trouble to their bilateral ties. If the Indian Government completely
recognizes that the border question brought misery to the two peoples and
realizes that such situation should not be allowed to continue, it should
not commit historical mistakes again and should sincerely interact with
China. That will pave the way for opening a new window in order to
peacefully solve the border question.
It is not certain that a ‘give and take’ approach will be officially
adopted in India. Building of a broad consensus in that country on what to
give and what to take will not be easy to achieve. There have already been
voices in India both for and against what Mr J. J. Singh has said. A debate
for a long term can be foreseen.
In China, the situation seems to be different. Calls for compromise on the
border issue, though not necessarily from government levels, have already
been prominent and are available in China’s public domain. For e.g, the
former Chinese Ambassador to India, Cheng Ruisheng called upon China and
India to do ‘some new thinking and find out a kind of compromise’ (Beijing
, 12 February 2010). The tendency in China has been towards mentioning
points on which India can compromise and not the vice-versa. Firstly,
Chinese views want India to compromise on its position of treating the
McMahon line as basis for border line (Professor Wu Yongnian, People’s
Daily , 14 February 2012); “The Nehru government had taken an unilateral
attitude towards implementing the 1954 Sino-Indian agreement on the border
question and aimed at establishing superiority over China on the same
question by legalizing its aggression and occupation of areas south of
McMahon line” (“ The Unilateral Attitude of the Nehru Government in India
Towards the Sino-Indian Agreement”, Yunnan University Scholars, 3 January
2012 ). Secondly, opinions in China are demanding India to make ‘practical
concession’ in the Eastern sector (Professor Wang Hongwei of Chinese
Academy of Social Sciences). Tawang is being specifically named in this
regard. “Tawang has been the focal point in the China –India border talks
”, says a party document (Position paper captioned “China- India Border
Dispute”, website of China History Research Centre, Beijing). Lastly, the
Western Sector is also coming under the category of areas where India can
compromise. “ India should not make demands in the Western sector”,
observed Professor Wu Yongnian ( Liberation Daily/ People’s Daily, 14
February 2012).
Fifteen rounds of border talks between the Special Representatives of the
two sides have so far taken place. New Delhi and Beijing are however yet to
reveal information on whether there had been discussions during the talks on
any ‘compromise’ proposal. Worth noting under such situation are signs of
expectation in China, at least on the part of some, that India may change
its hard line attitude of considering the border non-negotiable during the
forthcoming border talks. In India, there is no euphoria on the subject as
yet.
Both India and China consider the border issue ‘complex’, needing a long
time to solve. They have agreed to promote bilateral ties looking beyond the
border dispute. On its part, China is taking a stand in favour of ‘
shelving the disputes and working for common development’. The two sides
seem to attach priority at the moment to the task of keeping the border
peaceful, though the border defence infrastructure build up by each is
becoming a cause for bilateral friction. The overall picture points to no
chances of a final border settlement very soon. The remarks of Mr J. J.
Singh and the reaction to them from China can therefore be of symbolic
importance only. | p******u
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: "http://www.eurasiareview.com/07052012-china-india-is-signaling-border-concessions-think-analysts/"
: Noteworthy independent comments include a blog captioned “Reasons Behind
: India’s Concession with respect to Southern Tibet”, contributed by one ‘
: Sincere Soldier’ which appeared on 19 April 2012. The article seemed to
: have some weight as it was carried in the Chinese language edition of the
: official People’s Daily http://blog.people.com.cn/open/articleFine.do?articleId=1334802426…). The blogger, a frequent contributor, perhaps a military scholar, laid stress to the following five points relating to what he believed as India’s ‘concession’ –
: (i) India, a country with long history and civilization, does not lack
: personalities who know that the ‘McMahon line’ is illegal and has been
: used to commit aggression against China. With India’s national interests in
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