It is the same America which left
no stone unturned to stop the revolutionary army of Mao. Till date it is using
a part of China-Taiwan as its military base and that is a bone of contention
between Taiwan and the rest of China.
On 30th sept hundreds of Chinese students and
businessmen collected in Washington, the capital of U.S.A. to celebrate 60th anniversary of China’s Independence. They
furled the Chinese- American national flags side by side in a park near the
south of White House. It is first time in history that a Chinese flag was
furled in the urban area of America’s capital.
America has been accusing Mao and
communist China of killing crores of people in different movements within that
country. Incidents of 1989 at Tianmin Square are repeatedly cited as violation
of human rights. Though it never mentions 13 lakh innocent Iraqis killed by its
own soldiers.
In mid 1950 South Korea and
America attacked North Korea and almost destroyed it. Had 50000 strong Chinese
army not entered to fight for North Korea it was the end for that country. They
defeated U.S. forces and freed North Korea from its clutches. The war killed 45000
U.S. valiant army men and marines. China lost 18000 army men. Even Mao’s own
son ‘Mao Yan Ying’ was killed. Later on it is the same China with whose help Ho
Chi Minh’s peasant army destroyed America’s war machine and forced it to flee
from Vietnam. An uncalled for attack on Vietnam by U.S.A. resulted in the death
of 30 lakh civilians and left a trail of numberless people wounded and esippted
badly. U.S.A. lost about 45000 soldiers in Vietnam and more than 2 lakh were
wounded. How can America forget this defeat at the hands of Vietnam-China
alliance?
How come there is suddenly a
change of heart ? Chinese red flag in front of White House has caused a
lot of pain to many.
Infact U.S.A. is in one way
indebted to China. Many countries purchase bonds of U.S. treasury and thus
offer support to its economy. The share of China is the largest (1600 billon
dollars) and it is still increasing. It must be kept in mind that total budget
of India this year was 60 billion dollars. Both political parties of U.S.A.
seem two different entities but they have identical policies. Both have helped
to shift industry and job sector out of the U.S. and provide easy access to
China inside the U.S.. Capitalism always has an eye on profit. It has no nation
of its own! Poor Chinese labour works for peanuts in American factories
established in China and manufacture a vast amount of items which American
corporations sell in different parts of the world and earn huge profits. Every
object sold in America has a tag: made in China/ Taiwan/ Thailand/ Korea/
Philippines/ Indonesia/ India/ Bangla Desh/ Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The lion’s
share is from China because it is easier to control labour there as compared to
other countries. No wonder American industrialist gives priority to Chinese
labour and American corporate sector is growing richer and richer due to sweat
and blood of Chinese labour. Entire American economy is shadowed by China.
China with its surplus income buys bonds of American Treasury.
Hence, America-China relation is
at the same time that of a friend and a foe. If someone sneezes in China,
someone becomes feverish in America and Indian stock exchange gets the shivers.
China and America have an
intimate relation in that both shed a lot of each other’s blood. There is
constant tension. U.S.A. openly keeps planning ways and means to attack its
principal enemy: China. Despite such disturbed circumstances, trade is carried
out smoothly. An irritated journalist on seeing Chinese flag near White House
on 30th sept 2009, remarked; “why doesn’t Obama get
the Chinese flag fixed there permanently !”
The long drawn out, horrible and
destructive figures of U.S.-China confrontation makes India-China war look
exceedingly small. White paper on 1962 Indian-China war has been put on hold.
There may be something wrong somewhere,
let’s leave it at that. It’s not such a big problem that cannot be solved.
Today trade between India and China is more than that of India-U.S.A. and is
growing fast. There is no apprehension of war along the thousands of miles long
boundary line. Till date the boundary line has not been marked, hence minor
incursions from both sides are expected. Every small incursion forms headlines
of our print media whereas the government sources talk about it in a cool,
natural manner.
The issue is that of red Chinese
flag opposite White House on 30th Sept, 2009 where artists presented a show on
friendship and open heartedness. On the 30th Sept, 2009 Empire States Building in New York
was bathed in red light, something which can be seen very rarely on some
special occasions.
What does the rest of the world
learn from strange relations between China and America? Who can benefit from
warfare at different places? Those who fight or those who make them
fight ? Keep in mind nuclear weapons too ! We should all be more wary!!!
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