By Ramakrishnan
Chou En-Lai, Panchen Lama, Mao Tse-Tung and His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Beijing, China in 1955. (Photo courtesy Tibet Images). July 1954 to June 1955 / Dalai Lama Visits China for peace talks and meets with Mao Zedong and other Chinese leaders, including Chou En-Lai, Chu Teh and Deng Xiaoping.
On 27 September 1954, the Dalai Lama was made as a Vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, a post he officially held for years. The Lama in 1959 went back on all that under US pressures.
The Seventeen-Point Agreement, on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet, was an agreement between the Local Government of Tibet and the Central People’s Government of China. It was signed on 23 May 1951, in Zhongnanhai, Beijing. The 14th Dalai Lama ratified the agreement in the form of a telegraph on 24 October 1951. Both parties agreed : “The Tibetan people shall unite and drive out invading imperialist forces from Tibet; the Tibetan people shall return to the big family of the motherland – the People’s Republic of China.”
In an appeal made on March 28, 2008, after violent protests by a few of his supporters in Tibet were suppressed, the Dalai Lama said: “Chinese brothers and sisters, I assure you I have no desire to seek Tibet’s separation. Nor do I have any wish to drive a wedge between the Tibetan and Chinese peoples.”
The Lama again went back, under US pressures, and joined hands with USA in June-July 2024, when Biden in brazen violation of One China Polcy, signed “The Resolve Tibet Act.”
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Part-1 of this two-part article was titled : Dalai Lama playing politics explicitly, is given Z-category security cover all over India, even as USA intensifies its interference with ‘Resolve Tibet Act.’ Tibet has been part of China for centuries, under various feudal dynasties, and America always recognized Tibet as part of China. Tibet continued to be part of China led by the Communist Party of China (CPC). It is not as if communists newly annexed Tibet. They only abolished centuries-old serfdom and slavery presided by the Dalai Lama, who himself in 1954-55 accepted the social change.Taiwan regime also does not recognize Tibet’s independence. In this part-2, we see how together, the American super power, and the regional hegemoinst India seek to play a Tibet card, and use Dalai Lama as a pawn in their anti-China politics. Towards this end, they indulge in double-tongue, and violate the “One China Policy” they had adopted for decades, so as to “contain” China. Modi-led India continues subservience to the global hegemonic strategy of USA in the Trump era.
Dalai Lama aged 89 was flown to USA in June 2024 ostensibly for knee treatment. In fact, he was taken as part of the Great Game by USA: Biden signed the dubious ‘Resolve Tibet Act’ while Dalai Lama was in USA. Both before and after Biden signed it, the US had consultations with the Lama, and with India, violating the One China Policy both adopted.
A week after Trump took office, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri visited Beijing on 26-27 January for a meeting that “reviewed the state of India-China bilateral relations comprehensively and agreed to take certain people-centric steps to stabilize and rebuild ties”, said MEA in a Presser. It was an important, positive but hesitant move after the thaw on LAC. And it is part of a double-tongued policy of Modi-3.0:
A few months after his return from USA, the Lama was taken to Karnataka’s Bylakuppe,the largest Tibetan settlement outside China, ostensibly for rest and rehabilitation. That is the birth-place of Penpa Tsering, “elected” in May 2021 as Sikyong (President) of “CTA”, ie., the Tibet Govt-in-exile.There he was visited, on 14 February 2025, by Bandi sanjay, India’s Minister of State for Home Affairs, and Home Minister Dr. G. Parameshwara of Karnataka. It was the day on which PM Modi met President Trump. He was told he would get Z-category security, all over India! 300 armed security forces were posted in Bylakuppe, a small peaceful township! Discussions took place there about the future of CTA, of Dalai Lama. And about his “re-incarnation” in which USA and India would play a crucial role, and China should have no role, they insist!
This Part-2 will focus more on the sinister role played by US super power, as part of its Asia Pacific strategy : “Dalai Lama on 2024 Aug 21 had met Biden administration officials in New York City as the India-based Tibetan spiritual leader continues with his effort for Tibetan self-rule,” wion news.com reported August 22. He was told Biden signed the Resolve Tibet Act.
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What’s behind this strategy of “self-rule”?
A document which is a MUST-READ for anyone who thinks they know, or would like to know, the truth about the Dalai Lama is the US State Department publication ‘Foreign Relations of the United States 1964 – 1968 Volume XXX’.
In late 1958… the CIA trained more Tibetans at Camp Hale with a total of 259 Tibetans trained over five years in tactics representative of guerrilla warfare. The CIA, together with its Indian equivalent the RAW, continued the nefarious games till date. The above is a partly declassified document that showed how US meddled with Tibet. Wikileaks brought out more. The meddling and disinformation about Tibet continued, and would continue, for decades, which is not a secret.
“The five-fifty is a win-win strategy as it calls for renewed efforts to seek genuine autonomy for the Tibetan people in the next five years while strategising to strengthen and sustain the Tibetan movement over the next fifty years,” CTA chief Lobsang Sangay had said.
Neither USA nor India is really interested in the welfare of the Tibetan people, who were liberated from a serfdom where slavery was legal until 1950-51, when it was abolished. The Dalai Lama had accepted socialism, and in 1954 Sep, he joined the Central govt of China as its Vice-Chairman, with Mao as the Chairman. Later, under US pressures, the Buddhist Lama reneged, and led an armed revolt with US aid, arms and training, acknowledged universally as a notorious CIA operation. That involved using child conscripts too.
Vietnam war had led to the biggest anti-war movement in USA but the “Buddhist” Lama never condemned the notorious war, nor any later war by USA. Ironically he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989. But that is often the norm, the Peace Prize is a political reward by the West: “Throughout his life the Dalai Lama has had close associations with many Nazis, including Bruno Beger..”
“ The (CIA) program ended (for the time being) after President Nixon visited China to establish closer relations in 1972. The Dalai Lama then criticized this decision, saying it proved wholeheartedly that the US never did it to help the people of Tibet.”
“Why this Tibetan cause? “We will continue to engage diplomatically with allies and partners to advance our US national interests and shared policy priorities,” an American official said.
Human Rights is a stick to beat China, or any other country…USA which butchered millions of people for decades across the world through perpetual wars seeks to work for human rights in China! And NATO and India forces join forces in these crimes.
(for more on this subject, visit..
Tibet , Dalai Lama and USA (30/04/2019)
https://countercurrents.org/2019/04/tibet-dalai-lama-and-usa-ramakrishnan/
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Duplicity of India and the USA
“Dalai Lama on 2024 Aug 21 had met Biden administration officials in New York City as the India-based Tibetan spiritual leader continues with his effort for Tibetan self-rule,” wion news.com reported August 22. The officials told the Lama that President Biden signed the Resolve Tibet Act. The Dalai Lama was invited to USA in the name of knee treatment, but his brain was kept busy and active as he was continuously involved in explicitly political activity:
Indian media concealed what was to happen in relation to Dalai Lama, who is used as a pawn in US hegemonic, strategic games.
We had asked questions like:
If the Dalai Lama was going to USA, why should a big delegation come all the way to India, meet him here, the Indian PM, the foreign Minister and other officials? What was cooking? Why the Indian media failed to report the travel plan in advance?
The US Congressional bi-partisan delegation, led by Republican McCaul, India’s (‘official’) DD News reported, 20/06/24, traveled to Dharamshala, and presented the Dalai Lama with a framed copy of “The Resolve Tibet Act,” a bipartisan bill passed by the US Congress the previous week to enhance US support for Tibet. It was obviously a political activity, allowed by India, that involved USA and the Dalai Lama. Later the delegation met PM Modi, after they met Foreign Minister Jayshankar, and other (RAW?) officials at Delhi. Presumably they reported what they discussed with the Dalai Lama. Jaishankar appreciated their “strong and continued support for the strategic partnership between India and the US.”
In a brazen act of interference in China’s internal affairs, in their public meetings, the delegation advocated for Tibetan self-determination, and ironically asserted that Chinese interference in Dalai Lama’s succession would not be acceptable. This they did despite China’s multiple warnings before and during the trip, protesting any contact with the Dalai Lama.
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What is new in the Tibet policy of the super power USA and its junior partner India?
Modi agrees with hegemonist US rather than with Vajpayee
Meddling in China’s affairs is nothing new for the USA. What’s new?
ndtv.com Jun 21, 2024 reported:
The Tibet policy bill was hugely popular in the US Congress and was the “One voice of one nation, showing the US stands behind the people of Tibet,” Michael McCaul told NDTV in an exclusive interview today. “Tibet has never been a part of China. That’s just a lie. The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) sends disinformation,” he added.
The fact is : it is not PRC, the communist China, that devised a new policy for Tibet, which was part of China for centuries, and successive feudal dynasties ruled it.
This indicates how USA shifted and stepped up its own stance on Tibet, which is recognized by the whole world, including America India and EU, as part of China.
This false and provocative statement by McCaul goes against India’s Delhi’s official position, as amplified by PM Vajpayee, whose BJP successor is Modi, that Tibet is part of China. Vajpayee signed in June 2003 an MOU : “ India recognized that Tibet (TAR) is part of the territory of China.” In fact it is a continuation of the policy PM Nehru had adopted but tampered with his Forward Policy during late 1950s.
It was explained then that Vajpayee got in return the first-ever recognition by China that Sikkim, a territory India annexed in 1975, is part of India. It is implied that both countries should not re-open Tibet and Sikkim.
PTI June 24, 2003 reported: “ The (Vajpayee) agreement reiterated that New Delhi would not allow Tibetans to engage in anti-China political activities in India.”
Does India endorse statements made by the US delegation on Indian soil? whether New Delhi continued to adhere to the ‘one-China policy’?
Ministry of external affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal replied, The Wire 2024 June 21 reported:
“The Government of India’s position on His Holiness the Dalai Lama is clear and consistent. He is a revered religious leader and is deeply respected by the people of India. His Holiness is accorded due courtesies and freedom to conduct his religious and spiritual activities,” he said. But what is the practice?
Obviously Modi-led India ditched the policy adopted by PM Vajpayee. US indulges in open anti-China activity, along with CTA and Dalai Lama, from the Indian soil. There is nothing “spiritual” in this. Modi agrees with hegemonist US rather than Vajpayee. And Modi emulates Nehru with his own itch for a new Forward Policy.
The Wire report significantly added: “The missing phrase was, of course, any mention of political activities…As has been the norm since 2009, the MEA has not publicly reiterated the ‘One China’ policy, but neither has it been repudiated. On the US lawmakers’ remarks, Jaiswal passed the ball. “As regards the statements by the US delegation, I would refer you to the US side and it is for them to answer.”
2009 means the Congress-led UPA was in power. Thus this dubious policy was initiated by that regime. And Congress continues to tail USA. It is competing with BJP in that, and claims to be one-up in its anti-China policy. In fact, Rahul Gandhi often taunts Modi that he is not daring to question China.
“There is not one inch of Indian territory under foreign occupation,” PM Modi declared in an all-party meet after Galwan. Not a bullet was fired along the LAC for over 5 decades, it was officially stated. ‘
Still both Congress and BJP speak as if China is India’s enemy. Like America, Indian riling classes extend bi-partisan support to Dalai Lama, formerly of slave-owning class of old Tibet. And both allied with the USA, allocated around Rs.7 lakh cr per year in the Union Budgets, and India emerged as a big arms buyer, and America, Israel and some in EU have a good share in India’s Defence imports. They need China, and Pakistan too, as ‘enemies’. The Big Business, particularly Tatas, Ambanis and Adanis are big beneficiaries, even as Defence is opened up for private sector, and for 100 percent FDI. Thus India emulated USA and is emerging as a Military Industrial Complex. The Defence sector is increasingly a happy hunting ground for private sector, including foreign capital. Adani too made a big entry with ‘flying’colors. See:
India’s shift to a Defence-oriented economy, with increasing role for the private sector (19/03/2023.)
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Few outside India believe claims that Dalai Lama is a mere religious figure
“NOISY PROTEST: Wherever the Dalai Lama travels these days, devotees of the Dorje Shugden sect accuse him of being a religious bigot. On July 9, 2015 protesters gathered outside the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center where the Dalai Lama was speaking.” – REUTERS/Paul Mooney. There were scores of such protests across Europe and Australia too. The Lama is accused of corruption, and nepotism too. His own brother and sister were CTA officials for long years; they are no more. There were child conscripts of Dalai Lama forces.
Few believe India’s claims on Dalai Lama being a mere religious figure. Modi himself wrote after meeting the US delegation that just returned after meeting with the Dalai Lama:
“Had a very good exchange of views with friends from the US Congress in a delegation,” Modi posted on X, formerly Twitter, adding that he “deeply” valued the “strong bipartisan support in advancing the India-US comprehensive global strategic partnership”. These developments and the India’s election results clouded some important developments.
Even as the new Cabinet (essentially the old core team, including the Foregn, Defence, Finance Ministers) was sworn in on June 9…
“ The newly elected National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, led by PM Modi, has approved, on Jun 11 2024, the renaming of 30 places in Tibet, signaling a strong response to China’s nomenclature aggression in Arunachal Pradesh. The names will be released by the Indian Army and updated on their maps along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), media reported. (business-standard.com)
This move is a direct retort to China’s renaming of 30 places in Arunachal Pradesh in April, Indian media reported. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has maintained that assigning “invented” names does not alter the reality. But it found no other way. Obviously it applies also to India that gave some new names.
The US delegation brazenly violated the international law in all this, and Delhi is complicit in it. ‘
The US is bent on perpetuating the anti-China political activity, going on for decades on the Indian soil, as is clear from the report by the International Campaign for Tibet, a Dalai Lama outfit, June 19, 2024:
“The Tibetan children living here and in diaspora communities around the world, and those living under the repression of the PRC… they are Tibet’s future, and they give me such great hope…” There were child conscripts of Dalai Lama forces earlier. And now again.
America-sponsored wars had five lakh children killed in Iraq war alone. Recent Gaza war saw tens of thousands of children killed, orphaned, homeless.
Tencho Gyatso, president of the International Campaign for Tibet, who was in Dharamsala and accompanied the delegation said: “China’s misplaced hope is that the Tibet issue will fade away…This high-level delegation making the lengthy journey to Dharamsala to meet with the Dalai Lama and elected Tibetan leaders shows that the United States will never forget Tibet.” she said.
US House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman McCaul affirmed that “US would not allow China to interfere with Dalai Lama’s succession”. (Times of India, June 20.). What business has America has in this affair? And how can India allow this, and tail USA on all this?
The double-tongued policy Modi regime has been rightly criticized earlier by many like ..
Suhasini Haidar …@suhasinih (The Diplomatic Affairs Editor, The Hindu)
“In one month, our govt has issued statements on events in US (capitol riots), Sri Lanka (devolution), Pakistan (Temple attack) etc…, and also told half a dozen countries they have no right to comment on Indian “internal matters” (farmers protests, CAA,J&K etc)..”
But everyone can see India hosting for decades a Tibetan “government-in-exile,” and its renewed political activity, now very brazen. It goes against all cannons of international law, against UN Charter, even as India backs USA harping on a “rules-based world order,” an euphemism for a hegemonism of USA.
Reflecting the changed view, and a further shift in policy, of the Indian Establishment, Times of India 2024 June 21, said in its editorial: “ India has stopped referring to the One China policy for years…New Delhi should have no hesitation in backing the Tibetan cause. India needs leverage. And the Tibet issue is a big one.” That reflects the mind of Indian establishment, though Delhi for now is engaged in duplicity.
China justifiably protested brazen interference by USA on the Indian soil.
And now one can see the reason behind China’s ire:
“It’s known by all that the 14th Dalai Lama is not a pure religious figure, but a political exile engaged in anti-China separatist activities under the cloak of religion,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said. He called on Washington “to fully recognise the anti-China separatist nature of the Dalai group, honour the commitments the US has made to China” on issues related to “Xizang” – the Chinese name for Tibet. China urged the US to “have no contact with the Dalai group in any form, and stop sending the wrong signal to the world.”
Lin said: “China will take resolute measures to firmly defend its sovereignty, security and development interests.” (19 Jun 2024,SCMP).
Observers recalled Pelosi’s 2022 visit as speaker to Taiwan prompted Beijing to suspend all cooperation with Washington for months. This visit could complicate Biden’s recent attempts to stabilise ties with China.
In fact, “Growing US-India cooperation could have been one of the triggers of the border clashes in the first place,” as said by an American expert. With such brazen violations, how can Modi-led India hope to mend its relations with China?
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New Elements in the US Policy on Tibet
Bill S.138, titled “Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Conflict Act”, is the Senate version of the bipartisan House bill HR. 533, which the House passed earlier on with a strong majority. Later it passed “The Resolve Tibet Act.” We shall now discuss its significance.
In a paper ORF published on Sep 03, 2024, Sujan R. Chinoy, Director General of the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi since 2019, explained:
“The spirit of this law, ‘Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act’, stands in contrast to historical US recognition of Tibet as a part of China.”
A career diplomat from 1981-2018 , Chinoy held several important diplomatic assignments, and is a specialist on China, East Asia etc; he anchored negotiations and developed confidence-building measures (CBMs) with China on the boundary issue from 1996-2000. On deputation to the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) from 2008-2012, he wrote:
“The Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act directly refers to a “dispute” between Tibet and China, implying that they are two distinct geographical and political entities. This is different from the relatively restrained language used in the 2002, 2018, and 2020 Acts. Additionally, the latest legislation focuses on exerting pressure on China to have a meaningful dialogue with the representatives of the Dalai Lama without the usual preconditions imposed by China, such as acceptance by the Dalai Lama that Tibet has always been a part of China.
“ Meanwhile, the Dalai Lama has been ready to reconcile to the fact that Tibet is (today) part of China. He has also declared that he is not seeking independence for Tibet and that he is committed to arriving at a negotiated settlement.”
“ Clause 5 of Section 2 [Findings of US Congress] of the Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act states that the “US government has never taken the position that Tibet was a part of China since ancient times.”
The duplicity and double-tongued policy is made clear:
“ However, this reaffirmation does nothing to question the US position, shared by the global community, that Tibet is today part of China. The protection of human rights in Tibet and its right to self-determination have been revived in the new Act…The Act, like its predecessors, covers not just the Tibet Autonomous Region but also the areas of Greater Tibet, which have long since been carved and merged with neighbouring Chinese provinces such as Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, and Yunnan.”
This analysis by Ambani-funded ORF, a pro-govt think-tank, notably comes after the latest parleys and developments involving India, America and the Dalai Lama. Modi-3.0 is committed to these policies, notwithstanding some thaw regarding the LAC. The developments of Bylakuppe, and provision of Z-category security, are part of these policies of intervention in China’s affairs.
They are a hurdle to the resolution of India-China disputes, including on LAC. Trump is re-orienting America’s foreign policies, but unlike with Russia, he is hostile towards China. India’s Foreign Minister Jayshankar already had several rounds of parleys with the Trump Presidency.
Alka Acharya JNU Professor, School of International Studies, and former director, Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi, had warned in March 2018:
“For this one so-called ‘Tibet card’ that we appear to hold, the Chinese have six in their hand.” And that is all the more dangerous given the volatile and inflammable situation in North-east, aggravated by the divisive politics of the sangh pariwar.
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India must give up its anti-China alliance with USA, more so in Trump era
“With an undisguised glee, Uncle Sam is nudging India into further spats with China.” Illustration: GT. “India should be wary of the West’s trap of “China vs. India” narrative,” commented Global Times, Apr 26, 2023, in a different context.
“India has once again indicated that it is willing to gradually ramp up pressure on issues like Tibet and Taiwan,” said Harsh Pant, an international relations professor at King’s College London. India’s foreign policy towards China, he said, has been undergoing a “gradual calibrated change” since 2020 Galwan clash. Since then, multiple rounds of diplomatic and military-level talks have failed to normalise relations. Both nations maintain a significant number of troops and advanced weaponry along the border.
Beijing had said that the border dispute was “not the entirety” of its relations with New Delhi, calling for steady ties. But India, unlike in the past, won’t agree with that.
Michael Kugelman, Wilson Centre, USA, said that it seemed as though India was “trying to signal that it can use its relationship with the US as leverage”. Modi’s hosting of the delegation was a “very explicit signal”, he said, that New Delhi was “fully” behind the delegation’s audience with the Dalai Lama, and that it wasn’t just “politely” facilitating it. “India appears more risk tolerant now when it comes to how far it’s willing to go with pushing the Tibet issue,” Kugelman said.
While US-India security relations are deeper than ever before, Kugelman said, the US delegation’s meeting with the Dalai Lama could have consequences along the “Line of Actual Control” (LAC), the disputed 3,000-km (1,864 miles) Himalayan border, where China may react..
“That’s a real risk and will be something to watch,” he said, suggesting that the growing US-India cooperation could have been one of the triggers of the border clashes in the first place.
Recalling the extensive military exercises China conducted around Taiwan after Pelosi’s visit to Taipei in 2022, Kugelman said that her latest trip could give Beijing a “pretext to try to push back in a big way against India or the US or their allies”.
That was all in the Biden era.
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India and China in Trump era now agreed “to create better awareness about each other and restore mutual trust and confidence”
A week after Trump took office, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri visited Beijing on 26-27 January for a meeting that “reviewed the state of India-China bilateral relations comprehensively and agreed to take certain people-centric steps to stabilize and rebuild ties”, said MEA in a Presser. It was an important, positive but hesitant move after the thaw on LAC.
Despite claims of personal rapport Modi has with Trump, nothing can be taken for granted. It is already evident in immigrants’ issue and tariff hikes. Trump’s policy is full of uncertainties,even for EU and NATO. India is very low on Trump’s priorities.
The MEA Presser said:
“ 4. The two sides recognize that 2025, being the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between India and China, should be utilized to redouble public diplomacy efforts to create better awareness about each other and restore mutual trust and confidence among the public. The two sides will conduct a number of commemorative activities to mark this anniversary.”
The other points include:
“ 2. In this context, the two sides decided to resume the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra in the summer of 2025…They also agreed to hold an early meeting of the India-China Expert Level Mechanism to discuss resumption of provision of hydrological data and other cooperation pertaining to trans-border rivers.
- The two sides agreed to take appropriate measures to further promote and facilitate people-to-people exchanges, including media and think-tank interactions. They agreed in principle to resume direct air services between the two countries..
5. The two sides took stock of the extant mechanisms for functional exchanges. It was agreed to resume these dialogues step by step and to utilize them to address each other’s priority areas of interest and concern. Specific concerns in the economic and trade areas were discussed with a view to resolving these issues and promoting long-term policy transparency and predictability.
- During his visit, Foreign Secretary called on Member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Director of the Office of Central Commission of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Minister H.E. Mr. Wang Yi, and Minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China H.E. Mr. Liu Jianchao.
https://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/38946/Visit_of_Foreign_Secretary_to_China
Vikram Misri also met Liu Jianchao, Head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, India Today reported: The two officials discussed the implementation of the consensus over the Ladakh border deal, ways to strengthen dialogue, and issues of regional and international concern, according to statements from both sides. It is significant in the Trump era when both India and China are facing tariff wars and other threats.
Similar agreement was arrived at Mamallapuram summit between Modi and Xi jinping in October 2019. They had the decided to celebrate that whole year. India China bilateral trade surged despite Delhi’s call to “Boycott China goods.”
But the anti-China lobbies in the Govt, driven by USA, had derailed all that. The alibi was the much-blown up Galwan with a few casualties. Thousands died in IPKF ops in Srilanka, but that did not hurdle bilateral relations.
After Galwan PM Modi officially declared “ not an inch of our land is under occupation.” And it was said “not a single bullet was fired along the LAC over 4-5 decades, despite the LAC dispute.”
When that is the case, why the hostile propaganda in the media as if China is India’s enemy? Why escalating the military build-up along LAC?
India and China, should redouble public diplomacy efforts to create better awareness about each other and restore mutual trust and confidence among the public. People-to-people exchanges, including media and think-tank interactions, must be intensified. They should not be allowed to be derailed under pressures from Trump or the pro-US lobbies entrenched in the Indian State and polity.
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See for more on Tibet Dalai Lama and related issues, by the author…
Indian Hawks Join Hands With US Vultures Against China ( June 16, 2020).
https://countercurrents.org/2020/06/indian-hawks-join-hands-with-us-vultures-against-china/)
Dalai Lama turns 85 today and 60 years of that he served US imperialism, operating from Indian soil, playing havoc with India-China Relations (06/07/2020)
https://countercurrents.org/2020/07/dalai-lama-turns-85-today
Disinformation, a key instrument of India’s foreign policy in relation to China and Pakistan? (01/07/2023)
Ramakrishnan is a political observer, who contributed to countercurrents.org.
6 March 2025
Source: countercurrents.org