CHINA-INDOPAK 2 LST

Referring to the tensions brewing between China and the
US over military exercises in the South China Sea in the
aftermath of the sinking of a South Korean naval vessel
allegedly by North Korea, the daily said "the recent media
hype about 'Kashmir issue' coincides with the circumstances in
which the US, after its Iraq pullout, is anxious to
recalibrate its strategic focus to Asia."
"Given this, the US would attempt to take the handle to
tame the increasingly 'ambitious' China to ensure its smooth
'comeback' to the region. For this, it has to collude with
India, whose nerves would always be frayed even at the rustle
of leaves from China, and whose resentment of China is still
simmering," it said.
On the US objections to China building two new nuclear
power plants to Pakistan, the daily said this was because
America views it as a "challenge to its predominance over the
non-proliferation issue and the sub-continent."
"Earlier, the US also poked its nose into the China-Pak
relations by twisting facts about China's aid to Pakistan's
severe floods, trying to drive a wedge between the tested
friends. More absurd, it even went so far as to try to fan up
a donation race between China and India.
"This time, it plays the same old trick, but (by)
borrowing India's hand to meddle in China's standard practice
and the traditional relations between China and Pakistan," it
said.
The US "intervention" in China's relations with its
neighbours is by no means incidental, the paper said. "Their
logic is simple: any potential challenger to Washington in
Eurasia should be the target of US global strategy."
"China has not wavered from the road of peaceful
development and the building of good relationships and
partnerships with its neighbouring countries, including both
Pakistan and India," it said.
"But viewed from the geopolitical security, China and the
US might as well see each other from a constructive angle,
rather than glare at each other and spew fire at each other at
almost every turn," it said. PTI