India snubs China, to attend Nobel ceremony

[Cartman]

We compare ourselves or compete against China.
We don't ask for their help.
We are not Pakistan.

Its amazing to see reaction of India refusing to meet Chinese request!
Some people are crying over it.

Oh good for a second there I thought you were comparing yourselves to China to make you feel better about how democratic you are.

 

[amigo]

i think india lost good oppurtunity to go close to china. bad step.

 

[Hindutvadi]

i think india lost good oppurtunity to go close to china. bad step.

India need not get close to China if china keeps on snubbing. Friendship is not a one way traffic.

 

[CardSharp]

India need not get close to China if china keeps on snubbing. Friendship is not a one way traffic.

India snubs China, to attend Nobel ceremony

 

[prototype]

Bad move my friend, you will see the impact of this. If you think China is no big bro... neither is INDIA.

It would have been wiser not to step on "toes" so to speak. Oh well, your loss.

oooh and we r shivering hear due to fear,now how is china going to respond?

 

[justanobserver]

Nothing official has been released yet..

India uncertain over attending Nobel Prize ceremony
Paarull Paarull , CNN-IBN
Posted on Dec 07, 2010 at 19:20

New Delhi: Sources, on Monday, said that India is undecided on attending the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony on Friday. Chinese Dissident Liu Xiaobo has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

China is seeing the countries attending the ceremony as supporters of political dissidence and interference in its internal affairs.

A member of the Nobel Prize Committee, in an interview with 'The New York Times' said that India is among the 44 countries that have confirmed presence for the ceremony.

However, sources close to the Indian Government and Foreign Ministry said that a decision on attending the ceremony has yet not been taken.

What is making the matter more complicated is the Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao's visit to India on December 15.

India is still in doubts as attending the ceremony would add disturbance in the India-China relations and not attending it could blame India for undermining human rights.


CNN-IBN is way more credible than Zee News

 

[Paan Singh]

i think india lost good oppurtunity to go close to china. bad step.

and china doing good by issuing stapled visas and refusing visa to commander.if they want us to be senstive then they must do the same..

 

[GentlemanObserver]

oooh and we r shivering hear due to fear,now how is china going to respond?

Time will tell...

 

[justanobserver]

Here is a report from "rabidly anti-China" ToI

China ups pressure on India to miss Nobel Peace Prize ceremony

BEIJING: The Chinese foreign ministry indicated on Tuesday it expected 100 countries including India to be absent at the December 10 ceremony in Oslo for presenting the Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. China is trying to put greater pressure on India just ahead of the visit by Chinese premier Wen Jiabao by suggesting that joining the ceremony would harm bilateral relations.

New Delhi's decision on the issue will have a major impact on the process of negotiations during the visit of Chinese premier Wen Jiabao to India in mid-December. An important question is whether Indian foreign ministry can use it as a bargaining chip in the behind the scenes negotiations prior to the visit.

Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu described officials in the Nobel committee as a set of "clowns" engaged in conducting a "anti-China farce" by rewarding a person, who has been declared a criminal by her country's judicial authorities.

"The erroneous decision has not only met firm opposition from the entire Chinese people but also is not accepted by the vast majority of countries who uphold justice," Jiang told a media briefing here on Tuesday.

India has not publicly said whether it will attend the ceremony. But the Nobel committee has said that India is among the 42 countries that have confirmed their attendance while 19 others have clearly stated they will keep away.

It is clear China is exerting greater pressure on India to absent at the ceremony than it is doing in the case of many other countries because having the world's largest democracy on its side has a lot of advantages. But it is not easy for India to be seen as opposing someone who has been given the Nobel prize for upholding the freedom of expression.

During the briefing, Jiang said China and India are committed to further develop their relationship while continuing with consultation to sort out "issues left over from history". The Chinese premier who is scheduled to visit both India and Pakistan in mid-December, will discuss various issues including steps to take forward the boundary talks in New Delhi.

Read more: China ups pressure on India to miss Nobel Peace Prize ceremony - The Times of India

 

[Abhishek_]

i really hope GOI abstains. I wouldn't want to sacrifice India's prosperity (with good sino-indo relations) for some obscure Chinese dissident with questionable opinions.

 

[amigo]

and china doing good by issuing stapled visas and refusing visa to commander.if they want us to be senstive then they must do the same..

that is what i m saying niether side is taking step forward, if both nations continue like that , when will be the ice start melting b/w them

 

[CardSharp]

that is what i m saying niether side is taking step forward, if both nations continue like that , when will be the ice start melting b/w them

If you guys really want a good gesture, dismantle the Tibetan government in Exile. Let them live peacefully in India but make their stay a religious one not a political one.

 

[Dalai Lama]

How is this considered as snubbing? It is an independent decision similar to Nicloas Sarkozy meeting Dalai Lama. China cannot demand other nations to succumb to their requests.


Although ties between India-China would've been strengthened if India decided not to attend but such small matters should be viewed as such. Yes, I agree political burdens are accompanied by these kind of decisions... We can only wait and see what happens at Hu Jintao's visit.

 

[Paan Singh]

If you guys really want a good gesture, dismantle the Tibetan government in Exile. Let them live peacefully in India but make their stay a religious one not a political one.

as i said earlier,doubts have no surgery...

i never saw tibetans poltically motivated

 

[Ras]

If you guys really want a good gesture, dismantle the Tibetan government in Exile. Let them live peacefully in India but make their stay a religious one not a political one.

Impossible..because that will mean that they have to acknowledge that Nehru did a major mistake hosting the DL. His family who basically run India cannot have that.