India - China: Relations And Developments

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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Hu raps Indian Left </b>
Pioner News Service | New Delhi
...tells them to get real
Chinese President Hu Jintao had a piece of advice for the Indian Communists: Be pragmatic.

With China embracing the market economy, Hu told a delegation of Left leaders who came to call on him to adopt a "more pragmatic" approach in this era of globalisation that provides immense scope for economic prosperity. 

<b>Globalisation provides scope for economic prosperity, and a "more pragmatic and positive approach" must be adopted by the Left to develop infrastructure and the economy, he said.</b>

Sources said that both CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat and his CPI counterpart AB Bardhan told Hu they would be interested to know about the Chinese reforms and the methods they were applying in agricultural sector to increase production.

Hu's plain speaking is unlikely to please the Left leaders who have belligerently opposed the reform process in India and forced the UPA Government to virtually drop disinvestment from the agenda of governance.

The delegation - consisted of Karat, CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Sitaram Yechury, Bardhan, senior leader Sudhakar Reddy and Forward Bloc leaders Debabrata Biswas and G Devrajan.

<span style='color:red'>In his meeting with the Left leaders, the Chinese President also expected that the overwhelming Left influence on the UPA Government would help give more focus on priority areas of ties between the two countries.</span>
Hu, who is also the general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC), told the Left leaders about his expectations on the issue of both bilateral trade and areas where Chinese interests are not taken care of due to old inhibitions.

Sources said that the Chinese leader expressed satisfaction over the inclusion of initiatives on the India-China Joint Civil Nuclear deal in the joint declaration. The Left leaders who had raised a hue and cry over the India-US Civil Nuclear deal, interpreted this as a clear victory.

<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>Incidentally, the Left leaders have been putting pressure on the UPA Government for taking a more liberal view on the proposed Chinese investment in certain sensitive areas despite serious reservation by the Defence and Home Ministries.</span>

The Indian Left leaders proposed that there should be more exchange of ideas and interaction between the Indian Left parties and the Communist Party of China (CPC). <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Traitors had a field day.