After the border negotiations were fruitless, Dong Jun did not meet with the Indian defense minister, sending a subtle signal. India will not make concessions to China in an open showdown and expose its true face. What kind of subtle signal did Dong Jun send when he did not meet India's defense minister? How did India openly show off with China?
In recent years, China and India have repeatedly clashed over border issues, leading to a sharp warming of relations between the two countries. Although the two sides have reached a consensus on disengagement, there is still a stalemate on the demarcation of the border. At the end of March, China and India held the 29th meeting under the framework of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on Border Affairs, but no breakthrough was achieved.
Not only that, Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also openly shouted to China on the day of the meeting, saying that the Indian side would not compromise on the border issue. He asked both sides to refrain from sending troops to the border, because only then can China and India normalize bilateral relations. But in fact, the Indian side is the one who is sending more troops to the border.
Earlier, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi not only ordered 10,000 more troops to the Sino-Indian border, but also traveled to southern Tibet to attend the unveiling ceremony of the Sera Tunnel, which is undoubtedly a provocation to China's sovereignty, but also proves that India is stepping up its military strength on the border to prepare for its further encroachment on Chinese territory.
China will not accept the logic that India itself has increased its troops on the border, but China is not allowed to send troops to the border. After the border negotiations failed, China announced that it would standardize the naming of some sites in southern Tibet, a move that undoubtedly made a clear declaration of China's sovereignty over southern Tibet to the international community.
It is worth noting that after the negotiations on the border issue were fruitless, Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun recently met with seven defense ministers in a row, but he did not meet with the Indian defense minister, which sent a subtle signal. On April 26, Dong Jun led a delegation to Astana, Kazakhstan, to attend a meeting of defense ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states. During the meeting, Dong Jun held talks or talks with the defense ministers of seven countries, including Russia, Iran, Pakistan, and Belarus, but did not interact with the Indian defense minister, which attracted widespread attention.
Some analysts believe that this may reflect the tension between China and India to a certain extent. In addition, some people believe that this may be related to India's actions after joining the SCO. It is reported that after joining the SCO, India not only did not strictly cooperate with the work of the SCO and play its due positive role, but was repeatedly manipulated by ideological bias and opposed the proposal put forward by the Chinese side without reason, which had a negative impact on the further development of the SCO.
The SCO was founded to unite member states in the fight against terrorism, but India is not doing its job, and only wants to use the SCO as a stage for India to enhance its international influence, and increase its presence through political showmanship. India has been making small moves against China behind its back, and China has long seen this clearly. Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that Dong Jun did not meet the Indian defense minister this time.
In the face of increasingly frozen Sino-Indian relations, India not only did not bow down to introspection, but instead made an open showdown, exposing India's true face. On April 29, local time, Indian Defense Minister Manmohan Singh declared that on the border issue, India has never bowed its head anywhere and will never bow its head. The implication is to emphasize to the Chinese side that the Indian side will not make concessions to China.
On April 23, local time, Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar also publicly called China India's "biggest challenge" at an event, which clearly exposed India's hostility to China and its sincerity to carry out dialogue and consultation with China to effectively resolve the border issue. On the China-India border issue, the Chinese side has repeatedly admonished the Indian side that the border issue is not the whole story of bilateral relations.
The Chinese side hopes that the Indian side will not focus all its attention on the border issue, but will look at the border issue from a strategic and longer-term perspective. India should be well aware that only a peaceful and stable Sino-Indian border can lay a good foundation for the development of the two countries. The two countries should work in the same direction, adhere to dialogue and cooperation, properly handle differences, and contribute more positive forces to the healthy, stable and sustainable development of bilateral relations.