Trump wants to abolish the IPEF, will Biden's trump card of containing China become history?India has always regarded China as its competitor and wants to emulate China's development model and achieve an economic leap. But at the same time, India also regards China as an "enemy" and often makes trouble for China in various aspects.
Recently, Indian media reported that India has introduced a new rule that plans to speed up the visa approval of some Chinese citizens. This is strange because in the past two years, in order to crack down on China's manufacturing industry, India has not only imposed various restrictions on Chinese companies, but also basically stopped visa approval for all Chinese.
At that time, India's anti-China sentiment was very high, and all Chinese were regarded as "enemies".Could it be that India is no longer "suspicious"?In fact, there are three reasons why India has relaxed its visas to China.
The first reason is that India realizes that if it wants to make a difference in manufacturing, it needs to learn from China's experience. After all, China's manufacturing industry is the world's leading, this is an undeniable fact, no matter how "jealous and hateful" India is, it has to learn from China. If you want to gain ready-made experience, you have to show some sincerity, at least not "-for-tat" with China as before.
The second reason is that India has found that the strict restrictions on Chinese visas, although they have hit Chinese companies, have also affected its own foreign investment. This is an inevitable result, since we do not allow Chinese to enter India, we will not take the initiative to invest in India, not to mention India's domestic situation is unstable, there are many social problems, we are very cautious about investing in India, if you can't personally understand the situation, the risk of investment is greater, which of course will make many investors "prohibitive", after all, research before investment is very important, if even the situation is not clear, how dare to invest?
The third reason is that India's domestic enterprises have been putting pressure on ** to open up Chinese visas. After all, China's market is very large and dynamic, and there are many enterprises in China and India that have long-term cooperative relations, especially multinational companies, and they also have to face the problem of employee visas, which is not conducive to the development of enterprises. Therefore, since India has implemented stricter visa regulations for China, there are many dissatisfied Indian companies, and it is difficult for India to ignore the pressure from enterprises.
But no matter how many reasons India has considered, they are now relaxed on Chinese visas, with the simple ultimate goal of getting "maximum benefits". After all, not allowing Chinese to enter the country has brought a lot of losses to India, and "money" is the most intuitive and the most "distressing" for India. However, can this measure attract Chinese to India?It's hard to say.
First of all, India's large population is both an advantage and a burden, and if the domestic economy cannot keep up and there are insufficient employment opportunities, it will increase the social burden and social instability. Secondly, India's conditions are not good, the infrastructure is backward, the public services are inadequate, and the sanitation is poor, which is a big gap compared with China, and the medical care is not guaranteed, which may endanger people's lives and health. All of this will increase the cost and risk of Chinese going to work in India.
Therefore, India's relaxation of visa restrictions reflects their demand for Chinese talents, but it does not necessarily really attract us to India. What's more, India's attitude towards China was not friendly before, and it has recently become very close to the United States, and has done a lot of things against China, so it is too beautiful to think about relying on a small visa measure in exchange for the "goodwill" of the Chinese.