President Biden said on Thursday that the United States was considering a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 winter olympics at Beijing,. Besides The US some of its allies such as the UK and Australia are also considering a "diplomatic boycott" of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games.
A boycott would mean that government officials would not attend the Games, which are slated to begin in February, though it would not prevent U.S. athletes from competing. This is to exert pressure on China on the issue of Human Rights violations.
Whereas, India participating in the 18th virtual Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of China and Russia on Friday expressed its support to China to host Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
As New Delhi just a year ago, faced a belligerent China, its support for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games must have perlplexed many, that too when it is an important member of Quad. May be that India has come to a conclusion post recent Quad meet in US that Biden can not be trusted.
Now this leads the countrymen wondering what is Country’s foreign policy vis a vis China which has violated LAC on many occasions and is in occupation of territory in Depsang region, violently attacked our troops at Galwan. Not only that , China has always stood with Pakistan, it raised the article 370 issue in UN Security council, did not allow Hafiz Sayeed be declared as Terrorist at the UN and has displayed no concern for India’s interests in Afghanistan and did not recently attend the meeting organized by Dobhal on Afghanistan.
So, its worth questioning the Indian Govt as to why there is so much of difference in its karni and kathni?
- Our Trade with China has increased manifolds since Dokhlam and despite Galwan where Indian army lost its gallant soldiers. Despite all the hype of diluting economic linkages and reduce dependence, India’s merchandise trade with China is growing and may cross the $100 billion mark this year.
- The Govt has no plans of boycotting winter olympics to be held in Beijing in 2022.
- The Indian army was asked to withdraw from the heights that it captured in 2020 without any reciprocal action from the other side in Depsang.
- It keeps negotiating with China to get back Depsang plains and blames previous Govt, while frittering away the tactical advantage that Indian army provided by capturing strategic heights.
If we view the above dispassionately, India’s policy vis a vis China has remained the same since China captured Tibet. Its been Confusing.
The Soldier on the front facing China still does not know WHETHER CHINA IS AN ENEMY OR A FRIEND, even after losing some 20 gallant soldiers who were sent by the Govt unarmed to check if the Chinese who have intruded into our territory have gone back or not.
We may not be shouting our lungs out now in favour of China as it was in 1950s but are behaving in the same manner.
India has already lost its status in South Asia, SAARC is almost dead, we have been literally PUSHED out of Afghanistan and no one listens to us in our own backyard ; Nepal, Bangladesh, Srilanka, Myanmar, Bhutan also has just signed a treaty with China. We have just surrendered ourselves.
If we do not use even the limited means at our disposal to express our displeasure at their belligerent ways , then even Quad will be of no use. It will soon get reduced to an annual ritual of Malabar exercise.
China has employed every means at its disposal to undermine India’s status in South Asia and today the situation is that India is left with no reliable ally in the whole world.
There is no harm in pursuing an Independent Foreign Policy but thats exactly what Nehru was trying to do some 70 years back.
If Mr Modi also after getting a huge mandate from people and in possession of colossal resources which were not available with Nehru still reacts like him then one has no right to criticize Nehru, as Nehru inherited a poor Nation and a poor army and could not afford to spend country's hard earned money on unproductive things.
One ersthwile Indian diplomat recently commented ; “The Chinese want global public opinion to be confused about us "
The fact of the matter is ; we can prevent the confusion only when we ourselves are not confused.