December 11, 2010

India presence at Oslo Weird: China, Dec.11, The Hindustan Times




NOBEL CEREMONY India presence at Oslo weird China Jayanth Jacob
Jayanth Jacob & Reshma Patil letters@hindustantimes.com
NEW DELHI/BEIJING :






As India went ahead with attending the ceremony to award Nobel peace price to Liu Xiaobo in Oslo on Friday, resisting last minute efforts from Beijing, an irate China said it was “unfortunate“ and “weird“ that India joined “China-bashing chorus.“
With Premier Wen Jiabao slated to visit to India from December 15-17, officials here have been maintaining that that the Oslo ceremony is not a “bilateral one“ and India attending a multilateral event should cause no concern to China.
“I merely regard this vicious handout of prize an allied efforts to demonise China, unfortunately India joined the China bashing chorus, its weird for a former colonized country to do so, I see nothing independent (in it)“, a Chinese diplomat told Hindustan Times.
The diplomat said “hundred years ago we were a silent lamb suffering from foreign domination and humiliation, but today we can proudly hold high our heads“.
And Beijing didn't take kindly India's decision to join the ceremony to award “dissident“ Liu Xiaobo with Nobel peace prize. Indian ambassador to Oslo, Bambit Roy attended the ceremony, which Indian officials described as “a courtesy that has no bilateral implications.“
Sources said despite the demarches in November as well as in first week of December urging India not to attend, “China kept piling pressure on“ till the last moment and they expect Beijing taking up the issue again.
“Our just position has won the understanding and support of over 100 countries and major organisations. Facts have fully shown that the decision of the Norwegian Nobel Committee does not represent the wish of the majority of the people in the world, particularly that of the developing countries“, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in a statement.

October 09, 2010

Once the peace prize is handed out there will be no peace any more

Once the peace prize is handed out there will be no peace any more

I've been to Norway nearly one decade ago for 32 hours. It is a tiny country, but it has a big airport in Oslo. Salmon is widely available even in small restaraunts and the Norwegians like snow skiing. They live a carefree but dull life. Norway is like a small room, but any Norwegian is like a big elephant in the room. To me it's like a kid contracted hyperkinesis. They are always craving for big bang. How? They decide to do those erratic things to attract world attention. Today they champion human rights, tomorrow they broke peace deal in Sri Lanka, all in an archaic way. All failed. How next? They are one member of Western ideology. They want very much to play brokers.
In 1989, against the resentment of the majority of Chinese people they handed out the Nobel Peace Prize to the 14th Dalai Lama when almost all the western countries were pouring dirty water to China.
In 2010, sensing the rising of the awakening lion in the East this tiny Gulliver country jumps out to name and shame China by handing out the prize to criminal Liu Xiaobo. This tiny nation's superpower dream is done. But at most it turns out only to be another puppet in the hands of the superpower.
Once the peace prize is handed out, there will be no peace any more. More blame is expected from anti-China media and political opportunists throughout the world. But China has pursued its own way of development for 5000 years and it will move forward regardless of whatever turbulance lying ahead. This is merely one episode.

October 07, 2010

The U.S. is the sole currency manipulator



Who is printing the US dollars? Who decides the amount of dollars to be printed? Who needs to print extra x billions of dollars to fix its debts and boost exports? Who's economy is struggling at the bottom of the pot? Why has the price of gold kept on rising and rising? Everyone knows.
By accusing China manipulating currency, the U.S. designs to hide the truth and shed its responsiblity to the international community and drag the other countries to the bottom of the pot and next step on the target country's back to climb out of the pot. Who is the rogue country then?
Under this backdrop, all the major currencies in the world face the high possibility of appreciation,see Japan now. A few months later, India will possibly be the next. If you don't bow to the American will and serve its ultro-selfish ends, then you are accused of manipulating your currency and the insane U.S.Congress will hurl its whips toward you. The U.S. is never short of sticks. To be or not to be is its choice, not yours--the media, the columnists,the economists are all at its disposal. They helps turn the villain into the moral judge.
Now you can see who is the currency manipulator.