Gap in India, US ties will likely suck New Delhi into US orbit: China daily
China's Global Times takes a dig at Indo-US ties
The right-leaning China daily in its editorial page asserted that India had agreed to ?"Americanize" its arsenal and upgrade joint military exercises
Even as US president Trump praised India's rise on the world stagerecently, China's state-run Global Times newspaper said today full-blown Indo-US strategic partnership remains "unlikely" due to the "mismatch of expectations" and "strategic calculations".
The right-leaning China daily in its editorial page asserted that India had agreed to "Americanize" its arsenal and upgrade joint military exercises, however, the two sides have a long way to go before they reach "strategic convergence free and open Indo-Pacific" entails.
The daily which keeps a close eye on India-US relations in its column wrote: "If New Delhi yielded to binding reciprocity after the Indo-US Civil Nuclear Agreement, it would have been unable to oppose Western interventions in Libya and Syria at the UN, or continue energy imports from Iran, or object to US initiatives in WTO," asking,"Will India be ready to be constrained by the US in such a fashion?"
Global Times said New Delhi may find its "strategic autonomy seriously compromised" once it owes "Washington favours but can hardly payback."
"Washington may emphasize give-and-take as the nature of relation, articulating the binding duties and obligations that the Indo-US strategic partnership entails," the editorial said, adding,"While such a partnership may appear equal, the gap between India and the US in terms of military, economic, technological and diplomatic power will likely suck New Delhi into the US orbit."
"India may quickly wake up to the fact that it wants more things from the US than the other way round," the newspaper said.
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To reset ties, they have to redefine their role in the strategic partnership, the Chinese daily felt, citing the Indo-US civil nuclear deal with "neither side willing to play second fiddle" resulting in "continuous rifts"
The daily linked Indo-US partnership with US foreign policy, pointing out that "unilateral bargain fits poorly into Trump's "America First" agenda." adding that the US president is often seen "bragging about his deal-making capacity".