Politics of Wuhan Summit
The Indian rulers are partners
in the alliance of US – Japan and
Australia headed by US imperialism.
The US seeks to assure the Asian
people that this alliance is aimed
at protecting the right of free
passage in the sea for countries in
the Asia – Pacific region. But, in
reality, it is a tool of US strategy
for domination in the Asia – Pacific
region. The Indian rulers seek to
make the Indian people believe that
they have joined this alliance
because it is useful to India and this
act has elevated India’s status. It
is absurd. In reality, India is made
to share a part of the ire and
opposition of Asian and World
people for lending its help to the
politics of domination pursued by
the US imperialism.
It is a well known fact that
China stands as a powerful hurdle
in the way of the US strategy to
impose its domination on the
people of Asia – Pacific region.
Therefore, weakening China’s
influence in the region, isolating it
and getting prepared, if need be,
to strike at China at an appropriate
time is an important part of US
strategy in the region. China too is
working with its own strategy and
preparations to counter the US.
US imperialists ate doing
everything to utilise the problems
between India and China and anti-
China feelings in India in the
interests of its strategy for
domination in the region. It is trying
to impress upon the Indian ruling
classes that opposing China and
curbing its influence is necessary
and in India’s own interests.
China clearly knows that the
Indian rulers are tied to the US and
they had gone a long way in taking
the steps to meet the requirements
of US. Yet, China has not
abandoned its attempts to deal with
the Indian rulers in the light of its
June - 2018
own strategy. China is trying to
maintain normal relations with India,
avoid tensions and not to allow the
unresolved border dispute and
Doklam type of incidents to
exasperate the tensions between
the two countries. The Chinese
investments and goods are flowing
into India with no restrictions. The
diplomatic relations, interactions,
visits and meetings of leaders on
both sides are going on in a friendly
atmosphere.
The visit of Indian Prime
Minister to China in the last week
of April 2018 and two days “Summit”
of Indian PM and the Chinese
President held in Wuhan city are
seen as an important diplomatic
more on the part of China.
The Foreign Ministers of two
Countries have met in Beijing on
April 22 nd 2018 and gave final
touches to the preparations for the
Summit. Throwing a light on the
purpose of the Summit, the Chinese
Foreign Minister Wang Yi said:
“The leaders will reach a strategic
conclusion about the global
situation and the development of
China and India. They will also set
the general course, identify new
goals and create a new dynamic
for growth of China – India
relations.” “... China and India had
overlapping interests in South Asia,
the Indian Ocean and the Indo-
Pacific. There was therefore an
urgency to align our world views
through a broader across – the-
board dialogue.” Lu kang, the
spokesperson of Chinese Foreign
Ministry, had further elaborated
that “India and China are important
forces in promoting the multi-polar
world and economic liberalisation,
and as well as ensuring..... peace,
stability and development.” “...as
newly emerging markets as well as
developing countries with big
populations.....we believed the two
countries will continue to uphold the
globalisation so that it is more
inclusive.” The two Foreign
Ministers have announced that the
Indian PM Narendra Modi and the
Chinese President Xi Jinping will sit
down in Wuhan “informal talk”
setting aside formalities and
protocol, with interpreters, but
without “note–takers” or accom-
panying Officials. There will be no
listed agenda or even a joint
statement.
Accordingly, both leaders have
met in the stately Guest House on
East Lake of Wuching in the
picturesque Wuhan city. They
boated in the lake and walked
among the woods and had a “heart-
to-heart” talk.
At the end of first round of
talks, Mr. Modi invited the Chinese
President to India for similar
informal summit. The Chinese
president has said: “China and
India are both important engines
for global growth and we are central
pillars for a multi-polar world and
globalised world. A good China –
India relation is an important and
positive factor for maintaining
peace and stability in the world.”
What the Wuhan informal
Summit indicate? We must first
understand the present international
situation.
The policies of world domination
aggressively pursued by the US
imperialism through wars of
invasion (Afghanistan, Iraq) and in
the name of globalisation and the
global fight against terrorism
brought serious setbacks and
triggered off powerful protests,
opposition and resistances from
the affected people as well as the
people all over the world. These
policies had landed the capitalist
world in general and the US in
particular in worst economic crisis.
They had further intensified the
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