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<b>Use Pak to break up India: China expert</b>

August 11th, 2009
By Our Correspondent
New delhi

Aug. 10: China wants India to build strategic mutual trust, but its own intent is anything but helpful. At least that is an impression one gets from an article written by a Chinese analyst under a pseudonym.

The August 8 article, which coincided with the recently concluded 13th round of Sino-Indian border talks here, appeared under the caption: “If China takes a little action, the so-called Great Indian Federation can be broken up.”

It said China should back aspirations of Tamils, Nagas, Assamese and Kashmiris for their respective independent states, like in Europe. The premise being that India, with the exception of the predominantly Hindu and Hindi heartland, did not exist as a nation in history. The article under the pseudonym of Zhan Lue (or strategy) also argued for encouraging Bangladesh to give a push to the independence of West Bengal and wresting the 90,000 sq km of Indian territory in “Southern Tibet” or Arunachal Pradesh.

Mr D.S. Rajan, director of Chennai Centre for China Studies, translated the article from Chinese for circulation in India.

He told this newspaper that the article might not necessarily reflect the views of the Chinese government, but the fact that a prominent Chinese think tank chose the same for publication, suggested some official sanction. It showed that at least some in China had a jingoistic attitude towards India, Mr Rajan said.

Another article, published under the same pseudonym a few months ago, visualised a partial war with India. The analyst said the best option for China would be to dismember India and to “make her spit what she has swallowed.”