WHY CHINA IS A HARMFUL COUNTRY FOR MANY
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese Present Xi Jinping. Image courtesy to BBC news dated 4 March 2022.
About 1.5 billion people living in China enjoy no freedom of expression. These people cannot find faults in the government or in other words the sole person that rule them and destine their destiny. This person is not elected by them and the whole people together have no control over this one man government. China's state managed General Admission of Press and Publications (GAPP) has the legal authority to screen, censor and ban any print, electronic and internet publications. Gmail, Google, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and many other social media sites are banned in China. Foreign media has practically no access to Chinese people. Chinese have no access to international TV. In this twenty first century we call it slavery. While we Indians can interact with people from almost all countries, not the Chinese people, though we love them from our hearts. The Chinese government and the Chinese people are two different concepts among every Indian. Many Indians have extensively travelled across China and most Indians, without going there know all about the people, their culture, their history, their land, agriculture, industry, education, festivals, food habits etc, we find each one of them one amongst us. But from continuous harsh experience we cannot go hand in hand with their governments.
In fact 75% of counterfeit and pirated goods siezed by US Customs and Border Protection in 2021 were from China. China is trying to fill the world market with counterfeit goods since long. China must be the only country in the world who is not bothered about the safety and happiness of the people of other countries in the world.
China disregards to Human Rights of their people and the people of the rest of the world. Here we may name a few. Religious freedom abuses, Stifling freedom of expression, Forced labour, Repression in Xinjiang, Fear of arbitrary arrest, Assualt on Hong Kong's autonomy, Severe restrictions in Tibet etc can be highlighted here.
Of late China's started entering into other countries on one pretext or the other. They have occupied the Hambantota port of Sri Lanka on 99 years lease agreement encashing the financial problems of that country. China has started interfering in many matters of Ethiopia by making their presence in that country. Chinese penetrations into Egyptian economy, geography and culture is bit deeper. During 2000 to 2012
there are 39 official financial development projects were identified in Egypt through various media reports. These projects range from jointly constructing industrial park to a Chinese language school with a USD 4 million grant. A Chinese school in Cairo, Egypt denote their preference in that ancient country. Turkey conforms to the One-China policy and recognises PRC as the sole legal representative of China. Both have Embassy and Consulate General in each other's country. After Russia, Turkey has best trade relations with China. While the trade with Turkey in 2000 was USD 1 billion, in 2009 it was 10 bn, in 2017 it was 27 bn and 2021 it was 36 bn. Belt and Road Initiative investment by China is USD 4 bn..Saudi Arabia and China have good trade relations. Soudi Arabia this week moved closer to joining a China led Asian security and economic bloc, having been granted the status of a dialogue partner in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation as it expands its global outreach.(This SA report is indebted to CNN) All along this, since long, with hidden agenda, China support Pakistan for their sovereignty, territorial integrity, security, and promotes it's social, economic development and prosperity. It is now Pakistan to say what is their net gain from the deals so far with China. We Indians know what the exact deal is.
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China surpassed US in 2009 to become the largest trading partner of Africa. Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia and Zambia have stressed their support for a 'One-China policy '. Over the past two decades China could make strong economic and security relations with Latin American countries like Brazil, Venezuela etc.
There is strong allegations by US about Chinese involvement in Russian attack against Ukraine. China is reported to have given huge quantity of weapons under the pretext of normal trading goods. China wants to lead the world overtaking USA. They do not want to be bound by international law rather they want their own Communist law should be imposed all over. That law is mainly used by Chinese judicial system. The speciality of this law is that it can be amended as and when the Chinese government wants.
As a whole, unlike other countries, China is not the one who can be adjusted with and accomodated by others easily.
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K V George
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