Chinese (check)ers

As its title suggests, this one is going to be on Chinese policies and India’s misgivings on it. I am pretty sure that if I were a Chinese citizen, I would be arrested within an hour of writing such an article. Thankfully, I am not. Everyone in this world is entitled to their opinion and I am going to share mine here.

Lets start with the latest of Chinese policies; the decision to issue separate visas to Kashmiris. As we all know, innocent Kashmiris have been the unheralded rope in the everlasting tug off war between opposing factions; one which wants Kashmir to be integrated with India and another which wants a separate identity for Kashmir (independent Kashmir so as to say) and yet another which wants it to become a part of Pakistan. We will not go into details here of how and why this happened and what is the solution to this problem. What the above decision does, is to raise hopes for those parties (I am not going to name anyone here) who are vying to create a separate entity called as independent Kashmir and to give them recognition.

Prior to this, there was China declaring that Arunachal Pradesh be made a part of China. Why? According to the Chinese, the only reason is because the people of that state resemble the Chinese or so called East Asians in physique and appearance.

Also, there is the growing influence of Naxalism in India. Surveys by RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) of India, say that approximately 40% of Indian territory is in the hands of the Maoists. I would not be surprised if path of the funds appropriated by the Maoists finds it roots in China.

What the above three instances go on to suggest is simple enough. The Chinese (just like the British) are trying to divide our country into segments and factions. It could only be a blind administration aka government which does not spot this ploy of the Chinese. What our government needs to do, and urgently so, is to tackle this threat in the severest way possible.

China, as we all know, has been trying to take over Tibet for ages and has been committing atrocities which are unspeakable in nature on the Tibetans. However, no one dares speak a word against them. Recently, when the Chinese warned India to restrict the Dalai Lama’s visit to be only of a spiritual and philosophical nature, India complied like a little child admonished by it’s parent for doing something wrong.

Take an example of Sri Lanka here. The Sri Lankans decided to take its enemy (the LTTE) by the scruff of its neck and drive them out. India has to take a rigid stance and assert its authority as a world power to gain respect in the eye of the world. And according to me, this is just about the right time. Negating the Chinese actions now is the only way to prevent what could spiral into a national crisis.