India's attitude towards China has always been not friendly, and one of the reasons is that it has a desire to compete with each other, and the other reason is because of the Sino-Indian border problem.
A few years ago, India's attitude on the border issue was very tough, and it even clashed with China repeatedly, but after it really began to "fight hard", India began to coax again, and the PLA used its fists to make the other side really feel the gap between the two sides. So far, the two sides have carried out 20 rounds of commander-level talks, and according to the news some time ago, the 21st round of Sino-Indian commander-level talks are also being fully implemented.
However, this kind of "show of weakness" does not mean that the Indian side has given up the competition for the border area, but is a "delaying tactic". The reason is very simple: First, the strength of the Indian army is indeed not the opponent of the PLA, and the "confrontation" in the past few years has proved that it is the top priority of the Indian side to take the opportunity to improve the strength of the Indian army rather than fighting to the end.
Second, although Modi has a "dream of a great power", there is still a long way to go from a genuine big country like China and the United States. India's current main development model is to take advantage of the opportunity of the Sino-US game to reap some benefits from time to time. In other words, if Modi completely stands on the opposite side of China because of the border issue, then he will lose this "development dividend", which obviously outweighs the loss.
Not long ago, Russia also released news that it supports India to become a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, however, as long as China does not agree, or the United States does not agree, then it will be difficult to achieve Modi's mind.
As a result, India now has to be polite to China, the United States, and Russia, especially China and Russia, because after all, the friendship and partnership between China and Russia are obvious to all. Although India has always regarded China as the object of competition, if the relations between Russia and India are affected because of its bad relations with China, then the so-called "dream of normalcy" is really out of reach.
However, not everyone in India seems to understand Modi's "good intentions". Because there is not much time left, the Indian National Congress Party directly grasped the issue and began to attack Modi.
According to the statement of a local councillor in India, in order to make concessions to China and avoid military clashes between the two teams in the border area, Modi agreed to demolish the Indian "Heroes Monument" in the Rechin belt during his administration, which is tantamount to discrediting the Indian army that gave everything for the 1962 Sino-Indian war.
The emergence of such voices in India is obviously not a good thing for Modi. After all, ** is approaching, Modi wants to be re-elected, and the BJP led by Modi wants to continue to win the hearts and minds of the people, so it must try to avoid being crowned with such a title at this time. And on the border issue, giving China what it wants is tantamount to bowing to China and making a big step back on its own.
As for why the Congress Party did this?The biggest reason is just to reduce Modi's influence and prevent the People's Party from continuing to exert its strength, only in this way can it have a chance to "turn over" if it is not as large and influential as the People's Party itself.
Of course, Modi's "dream of entering the norm" has not been realized for a long time, and India's delay in being able to compete with China in terms of international status and comprehensive strength is also one of the reasons.
You must know that because India has become the world's fifth-largest economy, the Indian side was originally very confident in the seventh "permanent membership", but after analysis, many people feel that as long as China agrees, the "five permanent members" of the Security Council can become "six permanent members". But will China nod its head?Not necessarily.
Obviously, the Indian side is also aware of this. In an interview two days ago, Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar made a point of expressing his views on the topic of "normalization" and bluntly said that if Nehru had been more assertive on the issue of China's accession to normalcy, then in the eyes of many people, Sino-Indian relations would not be what they are now.
Jaishankar's remarks reminded China that India's first prime minister agreed to China's entry into the permanent state, but now it has buried hidden dangers for India, and some of the gains outweigh the losses.
Of course, Jaishankar's main purpose is only to satirize China and find a scapegoat for India's delay in "normalization". However, no matter what kind of thinking the Indian side holds, I am afraid that it will only be empty in the end, and the same is true of the "normalization" and the struggle for the Sino-Indian border.
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