[Reader-list] China should break up India: Chinese strategist

[Murali V]

Our Communist parties would be more than happy to help china out in this
regard.


On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Kshmendra Kaul <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> "China should break up India: Chinese strategist"
>
> Almost coinciding with the 13th round of Sino-Indian border talks (New
> Delhi, August 7-8, 2009), an article (in the Chinese language) has appeared
> in China captioned 'If China takes a little action, the so-called Great
> Indian Federation can be broken up' (Zhong Guo Zhan Lue Gang, www.iiss.cn,
> Chinese, August 8, 2009).
>
> Interestingly, it has been reproduced in several other strategic and
> military Web sites of the country and by all means, targets the domestic
> audience. The authoritative host site is located in Beijing and is the new
> edition of one, which so far represented the China International Institute
> for Strategic Studies (www.chinaiiss.org).
>
> Claiming that Beijing's 'China-Centric' Asian strategy, provides for
> splitting India, the writer of the article, Zhan Lue (strategy), has found
> that New Delhi's corresponding 'India-Centric' policy in Asia, is in reality
> a 'Hindustan centric' one. Stating that on the other hand 'local centres'
> exist in several of the country's provinces (excepting for the UP and
> certain northern regions), Zhan Lue has felt that in the face of such local
> characteristics, the 'so-called' Indian nation cannot be considered as one
> having existed in history.
>
> According to the article, if India today relies on any thing for unity, it
> is the Hindu religion. The partition of the country was based on religion.
> Stating that today nation states are the main current in the world, it has
> said that India could only be termed now as a 'Hindu religious state'.
> Adding that Hinduism is a decadent religion as it allows caste exploitation
> and is unhelpful to the country's modernisation, it described the Indian
> government as one in a dilemma with regard to eradication of the caste
> system as it realises that the process to do away with castes may shake the
> foundation of the consciousness of the Indian nation.
>
> The writer has argued that in view of the above, China in its own interest
> and the progress of Asia, should join forces with different nationalities
> like the Assamese, Tamils, and Kashmiris and support the latter in
> establishing independent nation-States of their own, out of India. In
> particular, the ULFA (United Liberation Front of Asom) in Assam, a territory
> neighboring China, can be helped by China so that Assam realises its
> national independence.
>
> The article has also felt that for Bangladesh, the biggest threat is from
> India, which wants to develop a great Indian Federation extending from
> Afghanistan to Myanmar. India is also targeting China with support to
> Vietnam's efforts to occupy Nansha (Spratly) group of islands in South China
> Sea.
>
> Hence the need for China's consolidation of its alliance with Bangladesh, a
> country with which the US and Japan are also improving their relations to
> counter China.
>
> It has pointed out that China can give political support to Bangladesh
> enabling the latter to encourage ethnic Bengalis in India to get rid of
> Indian control and unite with Bangladesh as one Bengali nation; if the same
> is not possible, creation of at least another free Bengali nation state as a
> friendly neighbour of Bangladesh, would be desirable, for the purpose of
> weakening India's expansion and threat aimed at forming a 'unified South
> Asia'.
>
> The punch line in the article has been that to split India, China can bring
> into its fold countries like Pakistan, Nepal and Bhutan, support ULFA in
> attaining its goal for Assam's independence, back aspirations of Indian
> nationalities like the Tamils and Nagas, encourage Bangladesh to give a push
> to the independence of West Bengal and lastly recover the 90,000 sq km
> territory in southern Tibet .
>
> Wishing for India's break-up into 20 to 30 nation-States like in Europe,
> the article has concluded by saying that if the consciousness of
> nationalities in India could be aroused, social reforms in South Asia can be
> achieved, the caste system can be eradicated and the region can march along
> the road of prosperity.
>
> The Chinese article in question will certainly outrage readers in India.
> Its suggestion that China can follow a strategy to dismember India, a
> country always with a tradition of unity in diversity, is atrocious, to say
> the least. The write-up could not have been published without the permission
> of the Chinese authorities, but it is sure that Beijing will wash its hands
> out of this if the matter is taken up with it by New Delhi.
>
> It has generally been seen that China is speaking in two voices -- its
> diplomatic interlocutors have always shown understanding during their
> dealings with their Indian counterparts, but its selected media is pouring
> venom on India in their reporting. Which one to believe is a question
> confronting the public opinion and even policy makers in India.
>
> In any case, an approach of panic towards such outbursts will be a mistake,
> but also ignoring them will prove to be costly for India.
>
> D S Rajan
>
> D S Rajan, is Director, Chennai Centre for China Studies.
>
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