Big changes are likely to take place in India’s relationship with China.
The forthcoming visit of the Chinese Foreign Minister Huang Hua to India – the first visit by a Chinese leader since the Sino-Indian border clash. Chinese Prime Minister Zhao Zing’s prediction of closer India-China friendship made during his recent visit to Pakistan and Nepal and the assurance given by the Chinese leaders in Peking during the visit of the India-China Friendship Association delegation led by its President B. B. Mandal, West Bengal Minister, have all indicated that China is very keen to have closer friendship with India.
No power on earth can stop the unity of these two giants because the revolutionary sections in both the countries and elsewhere know full well that when these countries come together the very face of the earth will change.
India and China are not only the two most populous countries in the world but represent the most ancient civilisations as well. Both are Asian and both got independence together. There are ever so many things in common including a common border running to thousands of miles.
This writer was in China late in 1980, leading a goodwill delegation and we all experienced the warmth of friendship the Chinese have towards India.
The Dalits and other persecuted minorities comprising the most revolutionary sections of India cannot get a more trusted friend in the world than China. The way the minorities: Muslims and Christians – are looked after in China, should help us in solving our minority problems. Therefore, we the revolutionary sections of India, have to learn a great deal from China which has come out on the top of the world within 30 years. Respected and feared. We and other six members in our goodwill delegation were eye-witness to this “Chinese miracle”.
During our extensive tour of China, we saw how they have ended exploitation of man by man and how they brought about total liberation of women and transformed a whole mass of humanity into a major world power. Out of the 150 or so member countries in the UNO China’s rank is as high as within 15. But India is pushed to the 120th rank or so. A beggar nation! This is because we have failed to learn from the Chinese experiments.
On behalf of the untouchables of India, the Karnataka Dalit Action Committee had given a reception to the first Chinese goodwill delegation during its visit to Bangalore. And we recall how much the Chinese are concerned about the plight of Dalits and other persecuted minorities of India.
Therefore, we hail the forthcoming visit of the Chinese Foreign Minister Huang Hua and call upon the Dalits and other persecuted minorities to extend a warm welcome and try to forge closer links with China.
