Comments on: Kolkata and Guangzhou sister cities http://www.2point6billion.com/news/2007/12/14/kolkata-and-guangzhou-sister-cities-447.html China & India, 40% of the world's population Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:48:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pffefer http://www.2point6billion.com/news/2007/12/14/kolkata-and-guangzhou-sister-cities-447.html/comment-page-1#comment-6571 Pffefer Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:18:42 +0000 http://www.2point6billion.com/2007/12/14/kolkata-and-guangzhou-sister-cities/#comment-6571 Correction: last sentence should have been "China... isn't wary of India as much as it is of the US and Japan". Correction: last sentence should have been “China… isn’t wary of India as much as it is of the US and Japan”.

]]> By: Pffefer http://www.2point6billion.com/news/2007/12/14/kolkata-and-guangzhou-sister-cities-447.html/comment-page-1#comment-6570 Pffefer Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:17:49 +0000 http://www.2point6billion.com/2007/12/14/kolkata-and-guangzhou-sister-cities/#comment-6570 Capitan Johann, That's an overly-simplistic generalization. Chinese will not mingle? If you are talking about older generations of overseas Chinese, probably yes as they tended to stick together (hence the formations of "Chinatowns"); but newer generations of Chinese immigrants are not like that anymore. As for the so-called Chinese attitude that regards foreigners as barbarians, again I think it might be true couple of hundred years ago, but certainly not true today. A lot of people talk about "mutual suspicion" between India and China, I think it is more on the part of India and less on the part of China. You can't blame India, after all China has been the all-weather friend of India's arch-rival, Pakistan for decades. China, even though increasingly suspecting that India is being enlisted by the US to encircle and contain China, is wary of India as much as it is of the US and Japan. Capitan Johann,

That’s an overly-simplistic generalization. Chinese will not mingle? If you are talking about older generations of overseas Chinese, probably yes as they tended to stick together (hence the formations of “Chinatowns”); but newer generations of Chinese immigrants are not like that anymore. As for the so-called Chinese attitude that regards foreigners as barbarians, again I think it might be true couple of hundred years ago, but certainly not true today.

A lot of people talk about “mutual suspicion” between India and China, I think it is more on the part of India and less on the part of China. You can’t blame India, after all China has been the all-weather friend of India’s arch-rival, Pakistan for decades. China, even though increasingly suspecting that India is being enlisted by the US to encircle and contain China, is wary of India as much as it is of the US and Japan.

]]> By: Nazia Vasi http://www.2point6billion.com/news/2007/12/14/kolkata-and-guangzhou-sister-cities-447.html/comment-page-1#comment-6558 Nazia Vasi Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:02:34 +0000 http://www.2point6billion.com/2007/12/14/kolkata-and-guangzhou-sister-cities/#comment-6558 Its true politically both countries view eachother with suspicion and difference, but the world is getting flatter, people are mingling, politicians in both India and China realise that they will have to co-operate in order to grow their economies. Its only a matter of time until India & China mature as a matter of symbiosis. Its true politically both countries view eachother with suspicion and difference, but the world is getting flatter, people are mingling, politicians in both India and China realise that they will have to co-operate in order to grow their economies. Its only a matter of time until India & China mature as a matter of symbiosis.

]]> By: captainjohann http://www.2point6billion.com/news/2007/12/14/kolkata-and-guangzhou-sister-cities-447.html/comment-page-1#comment-6556 captainjohann Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:33:59 +0000 http://www.2point6billion.com/2007/12/14/kolkata-and-guangzhou-sister-cities/#comment-6556 The Indians view Chinese with suspicion is not only due to China's strength which they have achieved with hard work but also the attitude of chinese who just will not MINGLE. Their feeling of Middle kingdom and the view about others as barbarians and dirty(which we Indians are), may be another reason. We Indians are much more selfish due to our capitalist traditions but Chinese must show the spirit of huang psuang, Fa hien who crossed the Himalayas to study at nalanda 1000 year back and MINGLE The Indians view Chinese with suspicion is not only due to China’s strength which they have achieved with hard work but also the attitude of chinese who just will not MINGLE. Their feeling of Middle kingdom and the view about others as barbarians and dirty(which we Indians are), may be another reason. We Indians are much more selfish due to our capitalist traditions but Chinese must show the spirit of huang psuang, Fa hien who crossed the Himalayas to study at nalanda 1000 year back and MINGLE

]]> By: Pffefer http://www.2point6billion.com/news/2007/12/14/kolkata-and-guangzhou-sister-cities-447.html/comment-page-1#comment-6545 Pffefer Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:22:22 +0000 http://www.2point6billion.com/2007/12/14/kolkata-and-guangzhou-sister-cities/#comment-6545 “It’s a political issue from the initial problems with Air India being denied access to Beijing and Shanghai, so I wouldn’t read too much into it. ”

Really? Can you elaborate on what happened? What was believed to be the rationale behind such a move? “Security reasons”? I find this very hard to believe. Indian denials of entry to Great Wall Airlines on the other hand are more in line with the experiences of some Chinese firms (Huawei, ZTE etc.) as it was reported that many Chinese investors have been shut out of India citing “security concerns”.

]]> By: Chris Devonshire-Ellis http://www.2point6billion.com/news/2007/12/14/kolkata-and-guangzhou-sister-cities-447.html/comment-page-1#comment-6480 Chris Devonshire-Ellis Sat, 15 Dec 2007 03:42:07 +0000 http://www.2point6billion.com/2007/12/14/kolkata-and-guangzhou-sister-cities/#comment-6480 That'll be sorted out when Dr. Mahmohan Singh, the Indian PM, meets with Hu Jintao in Beijing next month. It's a political issue from the initial problems with Air India being denied access to Beijing and Shanghai, so I wouldn't read too much into it. But the move to re-integrate South China as part of S/E Asia is moving ahead, and a lot of Indian investments are being made in Guangdong (and elsewhere) due to the relatively short flight times (5-6 hours) and lack of Indian manufacturing capacity. Some Chinese factories are also relocated (mainly to Chennai) due to VAT rebate issues in the PRC: India's tax regime is now more attractive than China's. I heard the Guangzhou-Kolkotta flights begin from April as does Guangzhou-Chennai. Kolkotta already has direct flights to Kunming. More on South China / East India links here: http://www.2point6billion.com/2007/12/03/india-%e2%80%93-china-developing-cross-border-trade-links/ http://www.2point6billion.com/2007/10/31/lao%e2%80%99s-delighted-to-see-india-and-china-strengthening-relations/ http://www.2point6billion.com/2007/10/15/will-hk-remain-the-connector-between-india-and-china-for-long-or-will-it-carve-out-its-own-niche/ That’ll be sorted out when Dr. Mahmohan Singh, the Indian PM, meets with Hu Jintao in Beijing next month. It’s a political issue from the initial problems with Air India being denied access to Beijing and Shanghai, so I wouldn’t read too much into it. But the move to re-integrate South China as part of S/E Asia is moving ahead, and a lot of Indian investments are being made in Guangdong (and elsewhere) due to the relatively short flight times (5-6 hours) and lack of Indian manufacturing capacity. Some Chinese factories are also relocated (mainly to Chennai) due to VAT rebate issues in the PRC: India’s tax regime is now more attractive than China’s. I heard the Guangzhou-Kolkotta flights begin from April as does Guangzhou-Chennai. Kolkotta already has direct flights to Kunming.

More on South China / East India links here: http://www.2point6billion.com/2007/12/03/india-%e2%80%93-china-developing-cross-border-trade-links/

http://www.2point6billion.com/2007/10/31/lao%e2%80%99s-delighted-to-see-india-and-china-strengthening-relations/

http://www.2point6billion.com/2007/10/15/will-hk-remain-the-connector-between-india-and-china-for-long-or-will-it-carve-out-its-own-niche/

]]> By: Pffefer http://www.2point6billion.com/news/2007/12/14/kolkata-and-guangzhou-sister-cities-447.html/comment-page-1#comment-6476 Pffefer Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:38:05 +0000 http://www.2point6billion.com/2007/12/14/kolkata-and-guangzhou-sister-cities/#comment-6476 Ironically, Indian government has just "denied permission for China's cargo carrier Great Wall Airlines to land in Mumbai or Chennai since the two Indian cities have "key nuclear facilities" which Chinese aeroplanes might reconnoiter. " :-) Ironically, Indian government has just “denied permission for China’s cargo carrier Great Wall Airlines to land in Mumbai or Chennai since the two Indian cities have “key nuclear facilities” which Chinese aeroplanes might reconnoiter. ”

:-)

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