ETA lot is related to China to the north of the Ganges River. ” it Stimulating claim By Sing Victor, Vsnow PResidents of China and Globalization Center, recently spark A Hot Online Debate in China. Sing comment More than just rhetoric, They indicate a strategic strategy,Using history and symbolism as a major argument in Chinese discourse to apply pressure in border dispute.
The India-China border issue has long shaped the shape of bilateral relations. Despite the deadly 2020 Galwan Clash and limited disintegration, the main issues remain unresolved, roughly because Beijing prefers ambiguity, keeps the controversy alive as a means of strategic leverage.
Colonial heritage
Gao’s comments reflect a broad Chinese story that selectively combat colonial-era agreements, especially the 1914 Shimla Agreement. Enthusiastic support onlineWith some seeing Him aSA ,Diplomatic fighter,They are also calling “Border of Ganga River” proposal as a ‘Victor Gao Line’It is praised as one Masterstroke And A Leap in strategic thinkingOther Pass India’s stance labeled As Its one product “Internal demon“And its belief in a” imaginary colonial limit “.
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This line of thinking keeps China’s argument as one Civilian counterpart: If India can maintain the McMahon line of the colonial era as sacred, then why should China not do Ganga,“Mother River”,As a more authentic civilization limit? On Chinese platforms, many Discussion That was never valid to start with the McMahon lineAccording to him, it was The result of collusion between British India and Tibetan representatives, which pushed the border north and looted China in the “ancestral area” over 90,000 square kilometers.,
Sing Is the axis of rhetoric Creature Celebrated Online As a performance of strategic cleverness. ,India reduces colonialism in principle, but is in practice for colonial boundaries. It preserves what is beneficial and leaves the rest. It’s a wicked double standard“a pinch Baidu user,
Away from being dismissed as fringe nationalism, the claim of singing aligns with a big push challenge Boundaries on Western criteria and Chinese terms,Both literal and ideological. It completes the story Domestic audience When sending a comprehensive geopolitical signal: postkolonial boundaries are not fixed, and China reserves the right to question them.
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Story of China Arsenal
Chinese strategic messaging history is not stopped again. SceneTragic community within China frameS The attitude of India contained in historical insecurity and bloated ambitions. Hu Sheeshang, Director at South Asia Institute of China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, Illustration India has imagined the grandeur as a drunken power. According to him, India sees itself as a “successor of British colonial heritage” and sees China’s rise as a direct challenge for its regional dominance. He logic This India suffers from “three miscols”: defending its sovereignty by reducing China’s desire Support from The United States, and misunderstand its military capabilities.
Liu ZongiOn senior partner Center for study of South Asia at Shanghai Institute for International Studieswalks pastThat aCCUSTaon Re -adding India on every major political guideline since 2005, especially after the 2020 clashes. He claims that India has converted the border dispute into a geopolitical bargaining chip, taking advantage of this to deepen relations with the West.
Social media ridicule
The online debate has also taken an ugly turn. Supporters of the ideas of Gao have resorted to racist and derogatory trops. Some Chinese internet users broadcast videos and memes about the Ganges River, labeled it Polluted and unevenOther suggested It needed a “gas mask river chief”, Citing industrial waste and high E. coli level in Varanasi.
Chinese users contracted that they asked to share data on the “responsible” stewardship of Beijing’s “responsible” transboundary rivers, such as the Brahmaputra.
“India dumps 1.3 billion liters of toxic waste water in the Ganges every day, converts the holy river into a sewage ditch where corpses float,,, wrote A Weibo user.
A Chinese efficatorWhich was banned from entering India after derogatory video Next Operation Sindoor commented: “Well, I never wanted to drink Ganga water.” These comments cheat on a insidious cultural kind of strategic comments, to incite, strategic comments.
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Materials to avoid resolution
Online frenzy shows a deep truth: Beijing is more interested in shaping narratives than to resolve the controversy.
If China can resolve a dispute with 12 other neighbors, it can do so New DelhiBut China Border issue Is with India A ‘History survived’,One it The next generation of leaders intends to pass. Xi Jinping is not going anywhere for now, and who comes next, there is no clarity. It is clear that China sees the dispute as a long -term leviation point.
For now, Beijing is the material for avoiding resolution, distracting from historical revisionism and provoking through aggressive rhetoric. This is hardly the posture of any country who is establishing peace or real harmony with its neighbor. If anything, the comment and its support indicate the increasing vigor in Chinese claims in the Indian territory, and there is a possibility that new fronts may be opened.
Sana Hashmi is a companion in the Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation. She tweets @SANAHASHMI1. Views are personal.
(Edited by Prasanna Bachahav)