IndiaBoycott Chinese goods at cost of bilateral ties, threatens state media

Boycott Chinese goods at cost of bilateral ties, threatens state media

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Boycott Chinese goods at cost of bilateral ties, threatens state media

On eve of President Xi Jinping's Goa visit, China refuses to budge on 's NSG bid, Masood Azhar

New Delhi: Boycotting goods from China to highlight political issues, will only damage bilateral ties, threatened the Chinese state media on Friday.

The tabloid Global Times in a write-up ‘India must upgrade its industrial structure in order to tackle trade imbalance with China' said that India need to focus on expanding and improving industrial infrastructure and try to fill up the wide trade imbalance between the two countries, rather than adopting protectionism against Chinese goods.

“…country is trying to reduce its trade deficit with China through trade protectionism. Indian local media reports said in March that there had been 322 anti-dumping cases in India so far, of which 177 cases involved Chinese products. Besides, a social media campaign urging people to refrain from buying China-made products has recently been building in India. Such moves will not help contribute to reducing India's trade deficit, but could damage bilateral ties instead”, the article read.

On the eve of President Xi Jinping's India visit, China on Friday stuck to its guns saying that there was no change in its stand on India's NSG membership bid and New Delhi's attempts to get JeM chief Masood Azhar designated as a terrorist by the UN.

As Xi is due to arrive in Goa tomorrow to take part in the BRICS Summit, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang said the relations between India and China made “great headway” despite some “disputes” but there was no change in Beijing's stand on the issues of NSG and Azhar.

“I have stated China's position. I would like to reiterate that the UN committee dealing with the listing does it according to provisions of the UN charter,” he said while replying to a question on India's application to ban Azhar following the Pathankot terrorist attack.

Geng, at a briefing, said China maintains that 1267 Committee of the UN designated to ban terrorist outfits should work on true facts and make a decision according to consensus of its members.

All parties are divided in listing of the relevant people. And this is why China has put on hold banning Azhar, he said.

The second technical hold put by China will give enough time to make the listing decision, Geng said, adding that this also shows the responsible and professional attitude of the Chinese side.

“China's position has not changed regarding the joining of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) by India,” Geng said.

Speaking on the same issue earlier this month, China's Vice Foreign Minister Li Baodong had harped on the need to build consensus over the admission of new members in the 48-member NSG.

Geng said today that he wants to “underscore” that in recent years China and India relations had been making “great headway” despite some “disputes”.

He said that the “mainstream of bilateral relations have been positive” and “cooperation far outweighs competition”.

Geng expressed hope that the two countries can continue with dialogue and cooperation to exchange views on some disputes, seek solutions and properly manage relevant disputes.

Meanwhile, a Chinese scholar, Hu Shisheng, Director of the China Institutes of Contemporary Relations affiliated to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, said China may speed up the construction of the USD 46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor which passes through Pakistan-occupied if Pakistan is isolated and cornered by India.

“China has to discuss with Pakistan about the current situation on how to handle and how to come out it,” Hu said speaking about Pakistan's isolation in the region leading to the postponement of the SAARC summit after the Uri terror attack in which 19 Indian soldiers were killed. PTI

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