The Chinese opportunity
China what does this
country mean for India if you look at it from a historical point of view we Indians
think of china as our enemy no 1 we fear the Chinese military establishment and
we just don’t understand why china is spending so much on its military we think
it’s all for us to destroy us to annihilate us that’s the view we hold about
china at the same time we marvel at the economic success of china the progress
that they have made and the economic superpower that they are now
Both these views are correct as well as wrong they have both
pluses and minuses so let’s look at what we have achieved we have established a well entrenched democracy
where democracy has reached to the last mile at the panchayat levels we have a excellent
judicial system a free press and the youngest population in the world but we
have not achieved even 40 % of what china has been able to achieve economically
but our achievements also very significant
Now let us look at both these countries together we have 2/5
of the world population we are the biggest markets no 1 and no 2 respectively
for any goods if china is a manufacturing hub we are the knowledge hub of the
world
So what should we do should we keep on eyeing each other
with suspicion or should we think differently?
Yes its time to think different and this government has
taken the right steps in that direction but these small steps won’t do we need
a sea change in our attitude towards china and the same has to happen from their
side
If India and china come together they would create the biggest
market for goods in the world and all the saarc nations also join them they can
together uplift tens of millions out of poverty if we provide knowledge and they provide their production skills together this combination can become the most
prosperous and strong trade bloc in the world
And as far as the Chinese military ambitions go well it is aiming
to be super power we also aim but we only think and china does we need not fear
a military build up by china but need to build our defense forces up to that level
but for that we need money which we don’t have and comes from increased
economic activity and for that china is our best bet so working with china can
be the solution to India defense preparedness
The world is now a safer place some minor wars here and there
but a chance of major conflict are almost nil the reason! Nuclear weapons
India and Pakistan can have skirmishes but can never have a
major war why because of nuclear weapons US and china would have minor battles
of economy trade but no military war why because of nuclear weapons traditional
warfare has now been replaced with trade wars the real power is not in weapons
but in money if we are poor nation we are nowhere.
India and china are
the two oldest civilizations in
the world with a rich culture and
heritage both these civilizations despite being very strong have never attacked other civilizations the world can learn a lot from
them it’s time to conquer the world not only economical but culturally and its
possible when these two nations come together