Some Indians believe that India’s primary advantage over the economically and militarily more successful China is its robust democracy, whe...
Some Indians believe that India’s primary advantage over the economically and militarily more successful China is its robust democracy, where people are free to speak their minds.
Others, like those in charge of India’s public broadcasting agency, Prasar Bharati, seem to worry that India has not emulated the more authoritarian tendencies of China enough.
What else could explain the body’s recent ridiculous complaint that the Press Trust of India, a news agency, had carried a report that “is not in national interest” and “undermining territorial integrity”?
PTI had conducted an interview of Chinese Ambassador Sun Weidong, who blamed India entirely for the current tensions on the disputed border between the two countries. This led to the first deaths on that front in more than 40 years.
News reports have made it clear that Chinese troops have expanded into territory that Indian troops traditionally patrolled, although these lines were muddied by none other than Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who insisted that there had been no intrusion – only for a later official clarification to spend two pages attempting to explain one sentence uttered by Modi.
Sun Weidong’s attempt to blame India for the violence is not surprising. The Chinese government has adopted a shrill rhetorical tone all along, attempting to...
