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| India’s biggest challenge is China’s rese: Expert | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 13- Rise of China in the international horizon is the single-most challenge to India and the political class in India is not much concerned about it, opined Dr. Manoj Joshi, Consulting Editor, Mail Today, New Delhi and an eminent strategic thinker.
Delivering the seventh Brig. Rajinder Singh Memorial Lecture organized by the Department of Strategic and Regional Studies (DSRS), University of Jammu on the topic ‘India and the Rise of China’ at Gen. Zorawar Singh Auditorium here today, Dr Joshi said the challenge posed by China to India is more developmental in nature. “Even though the thrust of this challenge is developmental it definitely constraints India’s strategic autonomy in a big way. The impressive growth rate of 10 percent per year makes China’s developmental path attractive.” said Dr Joshi adding that China has successfully increased its volume of trade with the rest of the world. It is important to note that China is not averse to take risks. This attitude of the Chinese helped them to emerge as one of the major powers in the international system. For India, it is essential to match with China while offering a coherent strategic response to China, he emphasized.
Lt. Gen. P.C. Bhardwaj, GOC-in-C, Northern Command was the Chief Guest at the function while Prof Varun Sahni, Vice-Chancellor, University of Jammu presided. Dr. Mathew Joseph C. Director (In Charge), DSRS welcomed the gathering and Dr. Mohammad Monir Alam, senior Assistant Professor, DSRS proposed vote of thanks.
Lt. Gen. P.C. Bhardwaj, GOC-in-C, Northern Command in his remarks pointed out that China is India’s largest neighbor and while maintaining peace and tranquility in the borders India and China must cooperate on the basis on mutual interests. “Cooperation with China could be engagement and containment simultaneously. India needs to see China as a neighbor and co-operator,” he said
In his presidential remarks, Professor Varun Sahni, Vice-Chancellor, University of Jammu said that China suffers from many internal contradictions like communist ideology and capitalist policies, civil-military contradictions, ethno-cultural tensions and coastal China against hinterland China. “The command structure of the Chinese polity throttle the existence of any kind of pressure groups in China and environment is one of the main causalities of this. The one child policy promoted by the Chinese state created so much sociological problems to the family based Chinese social structure,” he said
He also pointed out that China plays a major role in the political tensions in South Asia.
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