India cannot afford to be tough with China. It is simply too weak and muddled. How do you confront an economic and military giant as China? Of course India keeps collecting a lot of fancy military hardware but war experience is insignificant. It can only challenge its little neighbour Pakistan. Pathetic state of affairs.
RE:Chinese intrusions
by veeru raghavan on Mar 28, 2008 01:48 AM Permalink
Militiraily, India is nowhere in near China as per statistics on net.It is true too.
Even economically, CHina ia much ahead of India in terms of infrastructure, growth rate, power and so on.They are also learning English fast and wil catch up India soon.Cheap Chinese materials are being dumped incesantly.
It is in India's interest that we are friendly yet cautious with China.
RE:Chinese intrusions
by sri on Mar 28, 2008 02:41 AM Permalink
Rubbish. Take your propaganda elsewhere. India can militarily match China and in 1987 demonstrated that in a major border skirmish. They have more missiles and nukes - true but India wont be a pushover this time. Right now they are ahead economically but they have poisoned their land, water etc to the degree that it is irreversible. They have also caused tremendous social inequities and their banks, legal system and grass-root entrepreneurship are way behind India. All these factors threatent to destabilize china. We are slower but are much steadier and stronger. As Mao said about the French revolution, it is also too early to be sure of China's successes.
As for it being in India's interest to befreind China, please dont try infect us with your cowardice. If the Chinese behave themselves and treat us as equal friends and dont stab us in the back, we will also extend our hands. But if they think they can dictate terms and try to dominate us, we will hit them hard when necessary. But unfortunately, most of our politicians seem to be like you...
