China should break india... (Chinese Defence Analyst)

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Chinese essay sparks outcry in India

LAHORE: Indians, particularly in academic circles, are up in arms over an essay by a Chinese writer that asks Beijing to take measures to dismember India into 20 to 30 sovereign states, a report in the Financial Times said on Friday.

“China can dismember the so-called ‘Indian Union’ with one little move!” the essay posted last week on China International Strategy Net said. The website focuses on strategic issues.

The writer claimed that the Indian’s sense of national unity was weak and China could avert the rise of an emerging rival and security threat in the region by supporting separatist forces in India, like those in Assam, to spearhead New Delhi’s collapse.

“There cannot be two suns in the sky,” the essay said. “China and India cannot really deal with each other harmoniously.”

“The article in question appears to be an expression of an individual’s opinion and does not accord with the officially-stated position of China on India-China relations conveyed to us on several occasions, including at the highest level, most recently by State Councillor Dai Bingguo during his visit to India last week,” the Indian Foreign Ministry said in a statement, the Financial Times reported. daily times monitor

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