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Perception vs reality: Covid-19 relief supplies from China are purchases not aid
Perception vs reality: Covid-19 relief supplies from China are purchases not aid
Not a single medical equipment imported to India is a ‘grant’ from China. But, Chinese envoy to India Ambassador Sun Weidong hasn’t once mentioned in his tweets that they are commercial purchases.
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In the past weeks, social media platforms have been flooded with messages of Covid relief supplies coming to India and the role of China in providing assistance. But, the fact is that all the supplies are commercial procurements, which are bought from China either by governments or private entities.
Is China going the imperial Germany way?
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China has been testing its strong-arm tactics to establish its power in the region. India must play smart and build alliances
It might seem like a far-fetched comparison but bear with me. Almost 149 years ago, on January 18, 1871, to be exact, the King of Prussia, Wilhelm I, was crowned Emperor of Germany. And where was the coronation?
At Versailles, Louis XIV’s magnificent palace on the Paris outskirts. The French had just lost the 1871 Franco-Prussian War and this was the ultimate way of rubbing France’s nose in its defeat. Germany had sent notice it intended to be the paramount power in Europe.