After four days of waiting, Modi still did not wait for a congratulatory message from the Chinese leader.
(From his victory to his inauguration, Modi never waited for a call from the Chinese side)
On June 9, local time, Modi was sworn in and officially started his third term as prime minister, but on the 9th, the Indian media focused on the fact that the Chinese leader never sent a congratulatory message to Modi.
According to the Times of India, since Modi's victory in the election on June 5, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the new Chinese ambassador to India, Xu Feihong, have sent congratulations to Modi, but have not waited for a congratulatory message from the Chinese leader, who is still reportedly still waiting for a phone call.
At the bottom of this report, the "Times of India" also specially recommended a related article: "Biden and Putin called Modi, and 90 heads of state sent greetings", it is not difficult to see that the Indian side is angry about the Chinese leader not calling.
(Times of India recommended article in this article)
I also noted that on June 4, the Chinese leader sent congratulatory messages to the newly elected presidents of Iceland and Mexico, but did not make a single phone call to Modi, who won the election on June 5. Iceland and Mexico are not regional powers, but China still treats India as a neighbor and a regional power, but only the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the ambassador to India send congratulations, and this contrast makes Indians even more unbalanced.
Diplomacy is no small matter, and such details often speak for themselves. Why didn't the Chinese leader send a congratulatory message to India? Don't Indians have points in their hearts?
On the 5th, the day the results of India's general election were announced, Modi openly raised eyebrows with Taiwan separatist Lai Ching-te on his social media, and even declared that he "looks forward to establishing closer ties with Taiwan Province." By doing so, Modi has trampled on the red lines drawn by China and violated its own political commitments. Since Modi does not want decency, there is naturally no politeness on the part of the Chinese side. Against this backdrop, Modi did not wait for a congratulatory message from the Chinese leader, but first waited for a solemn representation from the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
India's offense to China doesn't stop there, although the Chinese leader did not send a congratulatory message to Modi, but we uphold the etiquette of great power diplomacy, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the new Chinese ambassador to India still sent congratulations to Modi, but guess what? India actually climbed up the pole and "educated" China.
(Xu Feihong, the new Chinese ambassador to India)
According to The Times of India, during the congratulations sent to Modi by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the new ambassador to India, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs reminded Beijing that there are three things to keep in mind when dealing with India – mutual respect, mutual understanding, and safeguarding each other's common interests, which will only help China and India restore bilateral relations.
Look at how rude Indians are, typical of giving faces. Although Modi offended us first and we sent him congratulations, India is good enough to draw a red line for us in Sino-Indian exchanges.
It can be seen that India has not leveled the mentality of dealing with China at all, and always wants to teach China to do things, so in this case, Modi still wants the highest level of congratulatory messages? The Indians should die of this heart as soon as possible.
Modi's victory and the start of his third term as prime minister make it reasonable to assume that the next five years of Modi's administration will continue to be challenging. Especially in the context of the "crushing victory" of the BJP in the general election, Modi is likely to actively use China-related issues to stimulate populism and deflect pressure from his own governance.
(Modi is using China-related issues to deflect pressure from his own governance)
What is even more dangerous is that India has also begun to have intentions to interfere in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait. In the South China Sea, the Modi government has taken the initiative to get close to the Philippines, has repeatedly supported the Marcos government on the South China Sea issue, and has also sent warships to carry out joint military exercises with the Philippine Navy, while taking the opportunity to expand arms sales to the Philippines.
In the direction of the Taiwan Strait, Modi broke the convention of previous Indian prime ministers and became the first Indian prime minister to mention the Taiwan Strait issue on his social media. Not only that, in the middle of last month, the Indian think tank also hosted a joint war game between the United States, India and Taiwan, aiming to link the Taiwan Strait issue and the situation on the Sino-Indian border. India has never interfered so blatantly in the Taiwan Strait issue before, and it is not difficult to see that the Indian side has also begun to want to use the Taiwan Strait issue to distract the Chinese side and gain an advantage on the Sino-Indian border.
The unresolved border dispute between China and India, at a time when the Modi government has begun to take the initiative to interfere in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait, will undoubtedly bring more negative impacts to the already fragile Sino-Indian relations, and will be even more detrimental to the resolution of the Sino-Indian border issue, resulting in China-India relations falling into a dead circle.
(The Sino-Indian border issue is still unresolved, and Modi has taken the initiative to interfere in the Taiwan Strait)
This also reminds us that in the future, when resolving the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait issues, we should also pay attention to India's movements and prevent India from fishing in troubled waters. At the same time, we can also appropriately increase India's strength near the Sino-Indian border, so that they can realize that it is ultimately futile to try to contain China through the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait issues. The Sino-Indian border issue can only be resolved through negotiations and consultations with China, and some small actions cannot resolve the Sino-Indian border dispute.
At present, China and India have held 21 rounds of military commander-level dialogues and 15 rounds of diplomatic talks on the border issue, and military disengagement has been achieved in four of them. We would like to advise India to be clear about the priorities and not to let all these years of efforts go to waste.