tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051362296058946819.post4279487333542596640..comments2023-10-30T08:16:44.155+00:00Comments on Rani's Report: China Versus India; Border Dispute in Arunachal PradeshRani Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12204777666713220272noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051362296058946819.post-71471127593781038322009-10-16T13:25:07.867+01:002009-10-16T13:25:07.867+01:00Ray,
thanks for your entertaining and thoughtful c...Ray,<br />thanks for your entertaining and thoughtful comment<br />raniRani Singhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12204777666713220272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051362296058946819.post-30525405004391508972009-10-15T17:43:57.955+01:002009-10-15T17:43:57.955+01:00If I were playing Delhi in a war game, I'd loo...If I were playing Delhi in a war game, I'd look at a couple of the following options:<br /><br />Make friends with Vietnam, another country on China's border that has had problems with China in the past.<br /><br />Buy some weapons from Europe. US weapons won't do because China can probably get the US to stop sending replacement parts if it wants to. Protesting diplomatically and whipping up a storm in its own press may be useful in mobilizing India, but it won't impress the Chinese. An extra mountain division or two, with more on the way, might.<br /><br />Try to do something about the Naxalites. They've got a lot of land area, though relatively few troops. But if the Chinese start trainign them in Nepal and equipping them with AK's, machine guns, mortars, and handheld AT and AA missiles, things could get ugly. I suspect the Chinese are still Maoist enough to symathize with the Naxalites. Shipping them weapons to keep the Indians killing each other would definitely be a Sunzi like thing to do. So India needs to do something to convince the Chinese that this is not China's ace in disputes with India.<br /><br />I'd start looking for a way to get Europe and Japan more involved in the development of India. The huge US debt to China gives the Chinese a fair amount of leverage over the US. So it would be a good idea if India's development was less dependent on the US.<br /><br />This would be quite a lot for India's government to do, but it would be a start. I would also avoid incidents, like the PM's visit to AP, which are likely to irritate the Chinese. I'd especially avoid doing things likely to be seen as egging on Tibetan activists, since India supporting Tibet and the Chinese supporting the Naxalites is not a better situation for India than what is going on now.<br /><br />The China-India situation needs to be watched carefully, since both countries are rising powers that are expecting other countries to show more respect to them. This is not likely to lead to stable and improving relations. Worst case it could lead to war. India needs to remember that it didn't win in 1962, and if it comes to war it might not win the next time, eitehr.<br /><br />Ray,Raymond Turneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14504778755031305246noreply@blogger.com