Quoting ‘anonymous’, China daily takes a swipe: India may have forgotten lesson of 1962

Express News Service Tags : Dalai Lama, Tawang, China Posted: Tuesday , Nov 10, 2009 at 0459 hrs New Delhi:

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A day after the Dalai Lama reached Tawang, the Chinese Communist Party’s mouthpiece, People’s Daily, quoting an “anonymous” scholar, said that India “may have forgotten the lesson of 1962” and is “on the wrong track again.”

In a provocative article titled “India covets Dalai Lama’s visit,” the state-run paper said that the presence of the spiritual leader in the “disputed region” is a “double insult” for China. “India may have forgotten the lesson of 1962, when its repeated provocation resulted in military clashes. India is on this wrong track again,” the article, which was first carried in the Chinese Global Times said, quoting an anonymous scholar.

The article claims that India is using the Dalai Lama to “solve” the border dispute in Tawang and had asked him to visit the region. “The Dalai Lama went to southern Tibet at this critical moment probably because of pressure from India. By doing so, he can please the country that has hosted him for years,” the newspaper quotes Hu Shisheng, a researcher of Southern Asian studies at the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, as saying.

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While the Chinese government has not made any official comment on the article, India, for its part, said that the Dalai Lama visited Tawang on his own and there was no suggestion from the government to do so.

“The suggestion has not come from us, because we do not deal with the spiritual travels of a spiritual leader. He has to visit his flock as he deems fit. As far as I am aware, the initiative would have come from him and the government would have been informed about it,” Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor said.

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Listen to Tibetan refugee sometimes - Indian bro!By: Peaceman | 10-Nov-2009 Reply | Forward Tibetan refugees in India has been yelling long long time ago that "Chini Hindi Bhai Bhai! Chin ka aek dho ka hay"! (Chinese Indian brotherhood is simply lie and cheat) and "Tibhat ki Aazadi Bharat ki suraksha" (Tibetan freedom is India's security). It seems that now Indians are realizing and feeling the meaning of these slogans! Wait when China diverted all those big rivers orginating from Tibet (Ganga, Sutlej, Brahmaputra, Indus) to south China...India needs to be more proactive towards Tibet's solution.

India may have forgotten the lesson of 1962By: john jacobs | 10-Nov-2009 Reply | Forward By allowing the visit of Dalai Lama to Tawang, India has made a measured,matured and proportionate statement of intent without any overt display of stridency that she intended to hold on to what belonged to her. On the other hand the People's Daily article by the "anonymous", by the standards of an official organ for making known govt policies, was arrogant,unrefined and bellicose. Mr.Mukherjee's statement that he does not visualize any conflict with China pointing to the existence of machinery to prevent any escalation in disputes were if modestly phrased too conciliatory for the liking. China should not misread this apparent softness as weakness on India's side. Who learned what from the lesson is pretty much a circular argument that has been going on ever since 1962.The kid who was taught the faulty lesson has now grown up and full of assurance of giving a good account of himself if another attempt is made at tutoring.

ChinaBy: Bhaskar Kolnad | 10-Nov-2009 Reply | Forward Our government to start with Narasimha Rao was very capable.He should have got another chance with a solid majority.Unfortunately the dynasty backers within the congress party did not allow him to work freely.In spite of all obstacles he did so well in the first term itself. Then came Vajpayeeji. He too had this coalition pulls.And within the party also Advaniji worked against him.There again he did not get another term with a sound majority. Then came this Manmohan Singhji.He should not have taken this responsibility at all.By playing second fiddle he spoiled the Prime Ministers Image. There is so much a prime Minister can do on his own.But he need leadership quality,which Manmohan singhji does not have. We have become so weak forget China smaller countries like Nepal ,Lanka,Bangladesh is playing dirty with us.Even states within the country and regional parties challenge the central authority. Get Kashmir and northeastern states to the mainstream by allowing us to setttle there.

Please - people of India - DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH COMMUNIST CHINA By: River Ganges | 10-Nov-2009 Reply | Forward Millions of people around the world are participating in 100% boycott of Communist China and its products and services. Once you take away the money - all this blustering will stop. If Indians are truly loyal to Mother India then please stop doing business with Communist China and do not buy Communist Chinese products. All the writers who have commented are right - THE WORLD CANNOT TRUST COMMUNIST CHINESE - and one should never forget what they did to Tibet. Of course it would be very stupid for the Communist Chinese to try any military adventure because India is well prepared and even I an old soldier will done my uniform and face your threat and defend Mother India. You stay on your side of the border and we will stay on our side. You eat noodles and we will enjoy basmati rice and makki de rote. God bless India and its citizens.

China does not wish to be reminded of its lesson learnt in 1979 from VietnamBy: Raju Sreenivasan Aiyer | 10-Nov-2009 Reply | Forward The Peoples Republic of China wished to extend its class room to Vietnam in 1979 when the later invaded Cambodia and ousted the pro-PRC barbaric Khmer Rouge government. In order to `teach' Vietnam a lesson it invaded the later but was given a bloody nose by the battle hardened Vietnamese. If Prakash Karat, Jyoti Basu, Sitaram Yechury and other Chinese agents are under the impression that it would be a repeat of 1962 they are living in a fool's paradise. For all one knows it may end up as a reminder of the primary school lesson for the PRC that "A bird in hand is worth two in the bush", it may end up loosing Tibet for good. Beijing would do well to hang on to its riches it already has than to endanger them. Of course it is its privilege to pump-in more arms and ammunition and money into India's North-East and it would be our government's to turn a blind eye!

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