General tells India: 'Don't stir up trouble'
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July 5, 2013, Friday
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AN outspoken Chinese general warned India against stirring up "new trouble" in a long-running border dispute yesterday, just as New Delhi's defense minister started his visit to China.
"The Indian side should not provoke new problems and increase military deployment at the border areas and stir up new trouble," Major General Luo Yuan told reporters.
Luo, deputy-director general of the world military research department at a People's Liberation Army academy, described himself at a briefing as a "reasonable hardliner."
His articles appear prominently in state media and he has 320,000 followers on Sina Weibo.
He made waves last year with comments questioning the legitimacy of Japanese sovereignty over the Ryukyu Islands, a chain that includes Okinawa and hosts numerous US military bases.
"India is the only country in the world which says that it is developing its military power because of China's military threat," said Luo. "So I believe that India should be very cautious in what it does and what it says."
A high-altitude frontier dispute between the two countries in the Himalayas has simmered for decades but intensified in May over troop movements.
A three-week standoff ensued and was resolved after talks between local military leaders and a withdrawal of troops from both sides.
The border situation was now generally "under control" following a visit to India in May by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Luo said.
His comments came as Indian defense chief A.K. Antony arrived in Beijing last night for three days of talks, the first such trip in seven years.
Antony's visit, on which he is accompanied by top Indian military commanders, coincides with a trip to China by Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who met Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday during his first foreign visit since his May election.
Xi, calling Sharif an old friend of China as well as a good friend, good brother and good partner, said strengthening strategic cooperation with Islamabad is a priority for China's diplomacy with countries on its periphery.
Sharif is looking to secure infrastructure projects to tackle a chronic energy crisis and economic malaise.
"The Indian side should not provoke new problems and increase military deployment at the border areas and stir up new trouble," Major General Luo Yuan told reporters.
Luo, deputy-director general of the world military research department at a People's Liberation Army academy, described himself at a briefing as a "reasonable hardliner."
His articles appear prominently in state media and he has 320,000 followers on Sina Weibo.
He made waves last year with comments questioning the legitimacy of Japanese sovereignty over the Ryukyu Islands, a chain that includes Okinawa and hosts numerous US military bases.
"India is the only country in the world which says that it is developing its military power because of China's military threat," said Luo. "So I believe that India should be very cautious in what it does and what it says."
A high-altitude frontier dispute between the two countries in the Himalayas has simmered for decades but intensified in May over troop movements.
A three-week standoff ensued and was resolved after talks between local military leaders and a withdrawal of troops from both sides.
The border situation was now generally "under control" following a visit to India in May by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Luo said.
His comments came as Indian defense chief A.K. Antony arrived in Beijing last night for three days of talks, the first such trip in seven years.
Antony's visit, on which he is accompanied by top Indian military commanders, coincides with a trip to China by Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who met Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday during his first foreign visit since his May election.
Xi, calling Sharif an old friend of China as well as a good friend, good brother and good partner, said strengthening strategic cooperation with Islamabad is a priority for China's diplomacy with countries on its periphery.
Sharif is looking to secure infrastructure projects to tackle a chronic energy crisis and economic malaise.
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