Senior BJP leader Dr Subramanian Swamy on Sunday slammed Chinese mouthpiece Global Times for stoking tensions between the two countries, hours after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met with his Chinese counterpart in Moscow. In an editorial Saturday, China’s state-affiliated media Global Times claimed that China’s national and military strength was ‘much stronger’ than India’s adding that if it boils down to a ‘war’ based on the combat capabilities of two countries, India was bound to lose.
“We must remind the Indian side that China’s national strength, including its military strength, is much stronger than India’s. Although China and India are both great powers, when it comes to the ultimate competition of combat capability, the Indian side will lose. If a border war starts, India will have no chance of winning,” said the Global Times article.
The article also claimed that Indian troops were ‘kidnapped’ by nationalism and that India’s policies were dictated by nationalism and public opinion. “Indian public opinion is too deeply and widely involved in border issues. The Indian troop has been obviously kidnapped by domestic nationalism,” Global Times said.Read more…
