U.S-CHINA AND INDIA RELATIONS REVISITED
Hari Sud
UPI Asia, October 14, 2008
Toronto, ON, Canada, — The world’s geopolitical map changed during U.S. President Richard Nixon’s visit to China in 1972. At that time China and the United States did not even recognize each other. Nixon’s advisor, the clever Henry Kissinger, had paid a secret visit to China to see Chairman Mao Zedong in July 1971, and offered friendship in return for China joining the United States in cornering the Soviet Union. Later, Nixon cemented this diplomacy during his 1972 visit. This diplomacy changed the eastern world permanently.
Eight years later, the Soviets made a foolish and disastrous move by invading Afghanistan. By 1991, the Soviet Union had collapsed. For U.S.-China relations, the period from 1972 to 1985 was the most important. During that period the United States gave China an economic advantage, which began China’s economic transformation.
Hari Sud
UPI Asia, October 14, 2008
Toronto, ON, Canada, — The world’s geopolitical map changed during U.S. President Richard Nixon’s visit to China in 1972. At that time China and the United States did not even recognize each other. Nixon’s advisor, the clever Henry Kissinger, had paid a secret visit to China to see Chairman Mao Zedong in July 1971, and offered friendship in return for China joining the United States in cornering the Soviet Union. Later, Nixon cemented this diplomacy during his 1972 visit. This diplomacy changed the eastern world permanently.
Eight years later, the Soviets made a foolish and disastrous move by invading Afghanistan. By 1991, the Soviet Union had collapsed. For U.S.-China relations, the period from 1972 to 1985 was the most important. During that period the United States gave China an economic advantage, which began China’s economic transformation.
Today, China has become an economic and military power that even the United States feels threatened by. In return for all the economic advantages it gave China, the United States got China’s export earnings, which it uses to finance the Iraq war, fund mortgages and meet other internal and foreign policy goals.
In contrast, India came into existence 60 years ago after a traumatic territorial division, and within a few years, adopted the Soviet model of economic planning and progress. The model had pulled Stalinist Russia out of oblivion, allowed it to beat Germany into submission during World War II and confront the United States, Britain and France in Europe. Indian leaders were thoroughly impressed with it.
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In contrast, India came into existence 60 years ago after a traumatic territorial division, and within a few years, adopted the Soviet model of economic planning and progress. The model had pulled Stalinist Russia out of oblivion, allowed it to beat Germany into submission during World War II and confront the United States, Britain and France in Europe. Indian leaders were thoroughly impressed with it.
(...) [artículo aquí]
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