India is pretty much a turncoat, favouring the West [QUAD] with an aim to containing China, and becoming the third sheriff. so I totally in agreement with coolgod above
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and Global South strategic cooperation
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the entire premise of Indian political thought: China's rise is primarily or solely due to the investment of developed foreign countries. If India gets the same investment, it will have the same or better outcome. And if China loses the favor of developed foreign countries, it can no longer rise, because clearly China was built by foreigners.
I only have 1 way to describe their mindset:
the entire premise of Indian political thought: China's rise is primarily or solely due to the investment of developed foreign countries. If India gets the same investment, it will have the same or better outcome. And if China loses the favor of developed foreign countries, it can no longer rise, because clearly China was built by foreigners.
I only have 1 way to describe their mindset:
Watching the west try so hard to get India to be the next China and be a counter to China is like watching a slow motion train wreck.
they also think they're the ones that made China.
Then they need a more whole perspective.
India will never be in Western camp. It's in its own camp, because it wants to be a 3rd power.
It might help some people on this forum to follow India media and social media to see how they actually think.
As long as India is in BRICS, it is of net benefit to China.
I'm not sure what does China have to gain by being overtly anti India like some have suggested here. What can India participation in the "Quad" actually do? From what I can see, it provides nothing important against China.
There is no reason to be anti India because there is no threat it can pose. The ie also no reason to be pro India because they provide no direct value to cooperate. All investment will be seized, therefore China ought to forbid business in India unless it is one time transactional. The only variable here is how much can one make India troll Americans too. That is the difference between a good or bad India policy. In neither case do you expect India to be a threat or a valuable market.
India isn't in the western camp, true. It obeys the western camp at cost to itself. So effectively, worse..
You are correct, India indeed wants to harvest tech and investments from the west.
But the US already has 4 critical cards to play against India to put them in their place. And they have been put in their place. They are: 1. human rights and media image, 2. Khalistan independence movement with their top leaders all safe in Canada, Australia and UK, 3. They have absolute control over Adani (Modi's primary sponsor), and 4. they can sponsor Rahul Gandhi at any time with their other tools. And so, Modi is under their control, and has proven to be submissive to their wants.
They've already backstabbed Russia - for no gain, only the promise of gain.
I'm not really seeing where it just obeys Western camp. After all, they continue to stay neutral in the Russia conflict & buy large amount of Russian oil despite facing pressure to not do so.
And if China doesn't have anything tangible to offer India, then I don't see why India shouldn't seek for tech/investment from the West.
That last point about hoping to reduce purchases of Russian military hardware is just logical. What could they buy from Russia that's of any good? Right now, India is in an extremely weak military position. Even Pakistani AF & army are stronger. Given the security pressure they face, they should look for better weapons
This is why generally I'm not concerned with India. It's not a security threat to China