the country which trumpets its "peaceful rise" -- as usually rebroadcast by china's national newspaper as well -- does its usual inscrutable, untrustworthy thing.
the "useful idiots" must be rejoicing, while advancing preparations for the marigold-garlanding of invading chinese troops.
from the indefatigible ram narayanan.
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From: Ram Narayanan
AEI - AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH
Containment with Chinese Characteristics
Beijing Hedges against the Rise of India
By Christopher Griffin
Posted: Thursday, September 7, 2006
ASIAN OUTLOOK
AEI Online
Publication Date: September 7, 2006
Although China and India have announced that their relationship is important enough to "reshape the world," Beijing views its increasingly important ties with Delhi as a means to manage India's growing strength. China has combined traditional strategic balancing and diplomatic engagement in an effort to set its own terms for India's emergence as a great power. Without American support, India is at risk of being boxed in by Beijing's containment strategy.
In an impressive display of whirlwind diplomacy, China and India have just negotiated a series of major agreements: a strategic partnership in May 2005, a memorandum on energy cooperation in January 2006, and a memorandum of understanding on military relations in May 2006. Chinese observers point to these agreements as proof that Beijing and Delhi refuse "to become sacrifices of contention between big powers" and that "neither of them has seen the growth of the other side as a threat but, instead, as a development opportunity for itself."
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