THE CHINESE OPPORTUNITY

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