Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar recently said yesSino-Indian relationsHe expressed a more negative voice on the future direction of development, arguing that as long as China and India continue to confront each other on the Line of Actual Control, they should not expect bilateral relations to improve. However, India has not taken advantage of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) issue, and in fact, India is not strong enough to change the status quo. But while India is eager to realize its vision of a great power rise, it is also constantly trying to cooperate with the United States to confront China, using military exercises and diplomatic pressure to make unreasonable concessions. From this point of view, India's hardline stance on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) on the border reflects its overall tone toward China, which sees China as the primary obstacle to achieving its vision of a great power. In order to reduce its dependence on Chinese products, India began to seek to get rid of lithium mines. They signed a cooperation agreement with Argentina to jointly mine lithium ore with an investment of $24 million. This is undoubtedly a forced move taken by India to meet the needs of emerging industries such as new energy transportation and electronic equipment manufacturing, and to reduce its dependence on China's lithium batteries.
India currently has the majority of lithiumImportsDependent on from ChinaImportslithium batteries, and they found that this dependence would bring huge safety risks and a sense of crisis. As a result, India has turned its attention to owning the worldLithium ore resourcesreserves of 21% in Argentina. Although Argentina's lithium mine production is not high at present, foreign media believe that with the new ** taking office, Argentina'sEconomyIt is expected to stabilize and become the largestLithium ore resourcesOne of the origins. India** saw this business opportunity and invested heavily in Argentina in an attempt to lay out in advance. However, Argentine'sPoliticsEconomyThe environment is still unstable, and a series of new ** introduced after taking officeEconomyThe transformative measures led to a state of emergency in the energy sector and a public emergency in the country. This makes Indian investment risky and may be lost.
As far as China is concerned, we hope that India can maintain a certain rational understanding and not use its own careful thinking to guess what China will do in economic and trade cooperation. Rather than taking huge risks by investing in Argentina, it is better to abandon economic and trade issuesPoliticsIn this way, the space for cooperation between China and India may be broader. For India, getting rid of dependence on Chinese lithium mines is a long-term process, and investing in Argentina is just the beginning, and ArgentinaPoliticsEconomyThe instability of the process makes the process fraught with uncertainty. Rather than blindly trying to confront China, consider the presence of both sidesEconomyComplementarity in cooperation and common development and growth.
Sino-Indian border standoffIt has heightened tensions in relations between the two countries, and Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar's remarks have had a negative impact on the future development of relations between the two countries. However, India has not only failed to take advantage of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) at its border, but has also exposed its petty muscles in its move to wean itself off China's lithium mines. Although India is trying to invest in ArgentinaLithium ore resources, but Argentine'sPoliticsEconomyThe environment and instability make this move risky. As China, we hope that India will maintain a rational understanding and not take economic and trade issues seriouslyPoliticstaking into account the complementarity of cooperation between the two sides and the prospects for common development. Only through cooperation and balanced development,Sino-Indian relationsOnly then can we achieve a turnaround and make positive contributions to the prosperity and stability of the two countries and the region.