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To: RealMuLan who wrote (3961)	12/23/2004 5:52:08 PM
From: RealMuLan	Read Replies (1) of 6370

The dragon's intentions are always suspect The Chinese certainly don't believe in doing things in half measures. While we have been napping, they have been adding more than 2,000 km of highway per year to Tibet at the cost of 10 trillion yuan. Apart from improving connectivity with Tibet, what Beijing is doing is laying the foundations for its economic integration with its border regions in India, Bhutan and Nepal. China already has a highway to the Nepal border which is capable of transporting tanks. Should we be worried? Of course we should. While this road-building will not spill over into hostilities between the two countries, it poses an even greater threat. It will allow China to consolidate its economic domination of the region. Plans are on the anvil for cross-border energy pipelines and fibre optic links with Nepal. India predictably has no such infrastructure which could improve economic relations with immediate neighbours. The Chinese clearly understand that by strengthening border infrastructure, it can expand also not just its economic but also its political and cultural influence in the subcontinental region. Past experience has shown that Beijing is never transparent in its dealings. The same infrastructure could well be used to challenge India militarily if the need arises. We should not wear rose-tinted glasses on Sino-Indian relations just because things are going smoothly at present. The obvious way to pre-empt any such action would be for us to get our act together as far as border infrastructure is concerned. We have a long way to go before we catch up, if ever, with China. But this wait and watch policy will not do. If not for anything else, beefing up our infrastructure would boost development in our border regions like Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar, UP, Himachal, West Bengal and the north-east. timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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