Dear Editor,
China, all these years, seems to have expected from India an appeasement policy on almost all bilateral and multilateral issues. However, Beijing has failed to understand the change that has taken place in the international power structure as well as the internal changes within India. Similarly, the leadership in China appears to have misjudged or intentionally neglected acknowledging the growth of a democratic India and its place in the international comity of nations. If the present leadership looks back to the history of China and the role India played in its entry to the UN, Beijing would not have blocked India’s membership to any international agency. Instead of an appeasement policy, India’s pragmatic approach commensurate with its global status is well-tuned to present-day global politics.
H. S Pathania
Udhampur