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Post Doklam, PM goes to BRICS taller and more effective
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(PTI photo)
BEIJING: After the Doklam episode, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will walk in taller than earlier when he arrives at the BRICS summit on Sunday because this is the first time in three years that an Asian country had taken on the might of China. But he may avoid any references to the event, and try to improve person-to-person relationship when he meets Chinese President Xi Jinping, observers said.
"Modi goes to China with an enhanced stature and stronger leadership credentials than Xi," Mohan Malik, a professor at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies at Honolulu in the US told TNN. "This visit comes after India's refusal to join Xi's Belt and Road Forum in May and decision to stare down the PLA (People's Liberation Army) despite daily threats and belligerent rhetoric," he said.
The Doklam issue will overshadow the meeting of leaders, and play a key role during Modi's one to one meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and leaders of Brazil, South Africa, and Russia including Vladimir Putin, observers said. US president Donald Trump's latest sanctions against Russia will also impact the proceedings at the meeting because it will make Putin more dependent on China for support, they said.
Beijing based diplomats are closely watching how the Indian Prime Minister deals with the BRICS dialogue on counterterrorism, which is one of the organization's major planks. China is worried that Modi might make a reference to Pakistan's approach of sheltering known terrorists as he did during the last BRICS conference in Goa. The Chinese foreign ministry has already indicated that Beijing would object to any such move.
China expects Modi to send out a public signal that the reconciliation initiated after the Doklam crisis is having an effect, and India is keen to improve the relationship with China, a Chinese expert told TNN while requesting anonymity. A signal from India is important because China suffered some amount of image loss during the 10-week standoff at the border near Sikkim, a Beijing based observer said.
"We also hope Modi does not talk about CPEC," he said referring to the China Pakistan Economic Corridor while requesting anonymity. This is a showcase project for China's Belt and Road Initiative. But it does not want India to raise the issue at a time when CPEC has triggered some heart burning in the business community in Pakistan, which is in a fluid political situation, anyway.
Chinese foreign ministry has said it is a custom that the Chinese president would try to hold bilateral meetings with leaders of different countries as long as time permits. Xi is expected to meet Modi separately because an absence of one-to-one meeting would send out signals of continuing distrust.
Cold numbers show that India is very important to China in both political and economic terms. Among BRICS partners, India is China's seventh biggest trading partner and Russia holds the 15th rank while the two other participants, Brazil and South Africa, are small stakeholders. China also enjoys the maximum trade surplus with India, compared to the other BRICS partners, at $47.2 billion.
But New Delhi is not pleased because China has a huge advantage over India with its trade surplus growing 195.7 percent between 2009 and 2016 averaging 28% a year
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...r-and-more-effective/articleshow/60341103.cms
HIGHLIGHTS
- China expects Modi to send out a public signal that the reconciliation initiated after the Doklam crisis is having an effect: Expert
- 'We also hope Modi does not talk about CPEC'
- Xi Jinping expected to meet Modi separately as an absence of one-to-one meeting would send out signals of continuing distrust
(PTI photo)
BEIJING: After the Doklam episode, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will walk in taller than earlier when he arrives at the BRICS summit on Sunday because this is the first time in three years that an Asian country had taken on the might of China. But he may avoid any references to the event, and try to improve person-to-person relationship when he meets Chinese President Xi Jinping, observers said.
"Modi goes to China with an enhanced stature and stronger leadership credentials than Xi," Mohan Malik, a professor at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies at Honolulu in the US told TNN. "This visit comes after India's refusal to join Xi's Belt and Road Forum in May and decision to stare down the PLA (People's Liberation Army) despite daily threats and belligerent rhetoric," he said.
The Doklam issue will overshadow the meeting of leaders, and play a key role during Modi's one to one meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and leaders of Brazil, South Africa, and Russia including Vladimir Putin, observers said. US president Donald Trump's latest sanctions against Russia will also impact the proceedings at the meeting because it will make Putin more dependent on China for support, they said.
Beijing based diplomats are closely watching how the Indian Prime Minister deals with the BRICS dialogue on counterterrorism, which is one of the organization's major planks. China is worried that Modi might make a reference to Pakistan's approach of sheltering known terrorists as he did during the last BRICS conference in Goa. The Chinese foreign ministry has already indicated that Beijing would object to any such move.
China expects Modi to send out a public signal that the reconciliation initiated after the Doklam crisis is having an effect, and India is keen to improve the relationship with China, a Chinese expert told TNN while requesting anonymity. A signal from India is important because China suffered some amount of image loss during the 10-week standoff at the border near Sikkim, a Beijing based observer said.
"We also hope Modi does not talk about CPEC," he said referring to the China Pakistan Economic Corridor while requesting anonymity. This is a showcase project for China's Belt and Road Initiative. But it does not want India to raise the issue at a time when CPEC has triggered some heart burning in the business community in Pakistan, which is in a fluid political situation, anyway.
Chinese foreign ministry has said it is a custom that the Chinese president would try to hold bilateral meetings with leaders of different countries as long as time permits. Xi is expected to meet Modi separately because an absence of one-to-one meeting would send out signals of continuing distrust.
Cold numbers show that India is very important to China in both political and economic terms. Among BRICS partners, India is China's seventh biggest trading partner and Russia holds the 15th rank while the two other participants, Brazil and South Africa, are small stakeholders. China also enjoys the maximum trade surplus with India, compared to the other BRICS partners, at $47.2 billion.
But New Delhi is not pleased because China has a huge advantage over India with its trade surplus growing 195.7 percent between 2009 and 2016 averaging 28% a year
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...r-and-more-effective/articleshow/60341103.cms
