India - China: Relations And Developments

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China for India’s entry in Security Council

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->18 September 2004: Chinese will support India’s entry into the enlarged UN Security Council, provided it does not back Japan’s claim for it too, and this was conveyed to Indian foreign minister Natwar Singh by his Chinese counterpart, Li Zhaoxing, earlier this week.

China has also communicated this to the other four permanent Security-Council members, being so far the only one among them to hold out against India’s entry, and it prefers Germany to Japan as the developed world’s representative in the enlarged UNSC.

China and Japan are rivals in Asia, especially in the Asia-Pacific region, and China was a Japanese colony, and Japanese colonisation which was harsh and demeaning hurts Chinese psyche even today, but Japan is staking claim as an economic power.

Officials could not immediately explain the reason for the sudden aboutturn, but they believe India’s growing clout, and as the second most-populated country, ensures a place in the enlarged Security Council, which China can only resist at the cost of friendly ties with India.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

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