After China’s strong opposition against India’s entry into the elite Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), India managed to formally enter the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), a group that China hasn't been allowed to enter so far owing to its immoral proliferation record.
Bitten by this, an editorial in the Chinese state-run Global Times has referred Indians as self-centered, self-righteous, lacking morals and blindly following the West.
The editorial is full of insults hurled at Indians, who as per the Chinese paper, don't understand what nationalism is, lack basic morals, are spoiled, and just do what the West does.
While it highlights India's failed attempt to enter the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), it clearly appears to have been written after India’s successful entry into MTCR, and out of jealousy because of that.
The piece goes on to teach Indians a thing or two about patriotism, accusing them for their obsession with the West.
"US backing adds the biggest impetus to India's ambition...The US is not the whole world. Its endorsement does not mean India has won the backing of the world. This basic fact, however, has been ignored by India," it says.
The editorial keeps stressing on the fact that as a country, China follows all the rules, and sings the same old tunes that an NSG member requires to sign the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which India hasn’t so far.
"India is not a signatory to the NPT, but is the most active applicant to join the NSG. Before the Seoul meeting, the Indian media played up the prospects of its bid. Some even claim that among the 48 members of the NSG, 47 have given it a green light, except China, "the editorial flares up.
However, it doesn’t touches the topic of China's nuclear proliferation itself, the reason why it has been kept out of MTCR.
The real reasons of the writer’s anger, although, comes towards the end of the piece.
"Recent years have seen the Western world giving too many thumbs up to India, but thumbs down to China. India is spoiled. Although the South Asian country's GDP accounts for only 20 percent of that of China, it is still a golden boy in the eyes of the West, having a competitive edge and more potential compared to China. The international "adulation" of India makes the country a bit smug in international affairs."
So now we know, why the editorial is so furious over India; it’s the western countries’ increased preference to India over China that stemmed this anger, but all we can say is, jealous much?
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