See this is my point.
China's goal now is to increase economic connectivity in the region. Everyone knows the history of bloodshed between China and Japan (WW2 being the bloodiest conflict in human history), yet today they are our largest trading partner in Asia.
And there is ZERO cross border bloodshed between us. Same as Germany and Britain, who had a similar history of bloodshed. Today there is zero cross-border bloodshed and an overwhelming amount of trade.
India on the other hand, rejects economic connectivity with Pakistan (and regularly fires masses of artillery shells, killing scores of civilians last week alone), rejects CPEC, rejects the One Road One Belt initiative, rejects China's initiatives to increase economic connectivity in Asia, etc.
I don't know, will you be finally happy when there is a nuclear war between India and Pakistan? Is that what you are aiming for?
@Horus
See the original post is basically pathological level of hatred masquerading as analysis. Which in itself is so wrong at so many levels that it would be a pointless wastage of 5 minutes of my life dissecting that but lets discuss what you have said (though I strongly suspect you wrote this with tongue firmly in cheek)
1. Yes, China and Japan have had their history but neither of you will stake its survival or progress to spite the other. Economy is the weapon of choice in this battle. Like you said China's goal is to increase economic connectivity, I believe Japans prefers the same path itself.
This is where we differ from this eastern equation.
For example consider the fact that - India granted MFN status to pakistan decades back.
Unilaterally. pakistan still hasn't reciprocated.
MFN status was not granted to trade Jalebis. It was done to enhance financial interdependence, promote peace and prosperity and probably lessen the chances of war. pakistan instead prefers to sulk and follow its
stated policy of bleeding india through thousand cuts.
This kind of diabolical hatred where everything ends with pakistan lobbing a nuclear hand grenade inside our territory has no solution. Not now atleast. There was a time when we had a similar culture and values but now the society of pakistan is radicalised beyond redemption ( i'l elaborate on this society aspect some other time), which you chinese (no offence) might find difficult to comprehend as well as us.
Also note, China and India share a border as well where not a bullet has been fired between each side's forces inspite of transgressions from either side. This reflects the maturity of the leadership of both countries but we just can't keep things calm on our western side. Tells you something eh.
By the way, FYI, Sartaj Aziz, pakistan's NSA has recently issued us a nuclear threat. Again
When was the last time our government official threatened to nuke beijing ! Or China and Japan threatened to nuke each other.
2. This brings me to another point of you acting like a innocent teen and blaming everything on India. We fire shells into pakistan, we oppose trade etc etc. Though i CAN understand you taking a biased view of pakistan on account of you being their higher and deeper than stuff friends
but your Xi is more pragmatic than you think.
Lastly, We aint looking for a nuclear war
we have much further to go and we are just starting, why would we want to jeopardise that with a nuclear holocaust!