Lý Quang Diệu: Giữa Trung Quốc và Ấn Độ không thể nổ ra chiến tranh

China and India cannot go to war: Lee Kuan Yew

P. S. Suryanarayana
The Hindu
SINGAPORE, January 24, 2011

Singapore's elder-statesman Lee Kuan Yew does “not think there will be a conflict between China and India” and between China and the United States at any time in the foreseeable future.

In a series of interviews to a group of journalists from The Straits Times here, released by Mr. Lee himself in the form of a book, he addressed, among a variety of subjects, serious issues concerning China, India, and the U.S., collectively characterised as “giants”. The book, Lee Kuan Yew Hard Truths to Keep Singapore Going, was released late last week.

“China and India cannot fight a big war because they both have nuclear weapons,” said Mr. Lee, noting that even the long Himalayan border between the two countries was not worth a fight. And, “what are the Americans going to fight China over?” At the same time, the Chinese, in his view, “need not fight” the U.S. for “control” over East Asia. “Slowly and gradually [the Chinese] will expand their economic ties with [the other countries] in East Asia and offer them their market of 1.3 billion consumers.”

Cautioning against the tendency to “talk about India and China in the same breath”, he said New Delhi “is a bigger player”, nonetheless, “than the whole of Asean [Association of Southeast Asian Nations] put together”. India “is growing at about two-thirds the rate of China”. Despite this, “they [the Indians] are a counterweight [to China] in the Indian Ocean”. In this overall context, he would want India to be “part of the Southeast Asia balance of forces”.

On the rising profile of ethnic Indians in Singapore, Mr. Lee said: “We are now getting high-quality Indians [as new citizens of the City-State]. … It is stupid to reject them — IT specialists, banking specialists. And, they are going to have bright kids. They [the ethnic Indians] might be nine per cent [of Singapore's population today]. They used to be seven per cent. …. My feeling is the trend [of new influx] will last many years because the Indian cities will not catch up with Singapore for a long time.”


Source: http://www.thehindu.com/news/article1119062.ece?homepage=true

Indonesia và Ấn Độ sẽ ký hơn 30 văn bản hợp tác

Yudhoyono to sign three dozen pacts

 

Sandeep Dikshit
The Hindu
NEW DELHI, January 24, 2011

India, Indonesia will promote cooperation in combating terror, curbing money-laundering

In an attempt to make bilateral ties comprehensive, India and Indonesia will sign nearly three dozen memoranda of understanding or agreements during President Susilo Bamgbang Yudhoyono's visit beginning on Monday.

India will focus on forging closer ties in energy, defence and investment during the visit of Mr. Yudhoyono, who will be the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations, official sources in the Ministry of External Affairs said.

Mr. Yudhoyono previously visited India in November 2005, when bilateral ties were elevated to the strategic level. The current visit will allow both sides to review the action plan signed in June 2007 to fill the ties with content and vigour. Among the agreements to be signed will be those meant to enhance India's energy security. Indian companies already source very high grade coal from Indonesia, and Mr. Yudhoyono's visit will enable them to step up sourcing and investment in Indonesian mines.

The two sides will also sign MoUs or agreements for cooperation in combating terror, extradition, curbing money-laundering and exchange of information on criminal activities to symbolise their political proximity.

“The entry point to the Malacca Straits is of crucial importance to worldwide shipping. That controls access to not only the northern Bay of Bengal but also to the Pacific Ocean. So, we have an ongoing, very intensive cooperation with Indonesia in naval patrolling [and] bilateral exercises, both with the Navy and the Coast Guard. That has been going on very well,” Joint Secretary (South) in the MEA, Arun Goyal, said.

Mr. Yudhoyono arrives on January 24, but his official engagements will begin on Tuesday. India and Indonesia recently completed a joint study for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).

Source: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article1116377.ece

Ba công dân Trung Quốc bị nghi ngờ là gián điệp bị tạm giam ở bang UP

Chinese nationals in UP remanded to judicial custody

Special Correspondent
The Hindu
Lucknow/New Delhi, January 21, 2011

The three Chinese nationals who were detained by the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) on this side of the Indo-Nepal border on January 17 were sent to 10 days judicial custody by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bahraich on Friday. The three have been identified as Lui Yang, Chen Rang and Li Jui Dang.

ADG ( Law and Order ) Brij Lal told reporters they have been booked under the Foreigners Act and Passport Act. Mr. Lal said that during the period of their remand, they will be interrogated by different agencies, including the Bahraich police.

Giving details, the UP police official said that Mr. Li's visa was valid till February 20, 2011 but on November 20, 2010 he went to Nepal and when he re-entered Indian territory in Rupaidiha he did not have a valid document. Mr. Lal said a PAN card (number AFRPL 7228K) was recovered from Mr. Jui “in which he had wrongfully projected himself as an Indian national". The officer said the income tax authorities have been asked to verify the documents.

Mr. Lal said Mr. Chen's initial Indian visa was valid till December 23, 2009 and his second was issued on March 9, 2010 and was valid till May 9, 2010. "When they re-entered Indian territory, they did not have valid documents,” the UP police official added. Mr. Chen was employed as a project director in a Chinese company, Huwaei Technologies.

In Delhi, senior officials cautioned against speculation that the three might have been involved in espionage. “Preliminary investigations have revealed that their story of inadvertently crossing the border is probably correct. But the legal and investigative formalities have to be completed before they can be deported back to Nepal”, a official told The Hindu. The three are working with a telecom company in Nepal and were visiting Nepalganj. Suspicions were aroused because of the fact that they were taking photographs, the official said.

Source: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article1108999.ece?homepage=true

Trung Quốc: ba người bị bắt ở Ấn Độ là khách du lịch chứ không phải tình báo

Three arrested in India tourists not spies, says China

Ananth Krishnan
The Hindu
BEIJING, January 20, 2011

The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Thursday said the three Chinese citizens who were arrested on Monday and suspected of spying were tourists who had crossed over into Indian territory from Nepal by mistake.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei said reports which claimed the three Chinese, including a woman, had spied on border installations were “groundless”. He also denied claims they were involved in money-laundering activities. An Indian PAN card was found on one of those arrested.

“Recently, some Chinese tourists were on holiday on the Nepal-India border, and mistakenly entered India and were detained by Indian police,” Mr. Hong said. “The Chinese Embassy in India is finding out more information from the Indian police, and has urged the Indian side to properly handle the issue.”

The Chinese, identified as Liao Xing, Yu Dangli and Yang Liu, were arrested in Uttar Pradesh. Police officials said they were found without travel documents, and booked under the Passport Act. They were reported as having crossed over the border from Nepal. Media reports said they were staying at a hotel in Nepalgunj.

Reports said the three were employees of Huawei, the telecommunications giant which only last month announced it would invest $2 billion in India over the next five years. Last year, the company, which is a major supplier of telecom equipment for Indian firms, was under the Home Ministry's scanner for security reasons.

Huawei is investing in building a manufacturing facility at Sriperumbudur, near Chennai — part of a wider effort to allay concerns about its equipment.


Source: http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article1105637.ece

Manmohan cải tổ nội các để cải thiện hình ảnh chính phủ

Manmohan set to reshuffle cabinet, improve Govt's image

HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, January 18, 2011

The first ministerial reshuffle since the UPA returned to power in mid-2009 is expected to be an attempt to refurbish the image and tone up the performance of the government. As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi finalised the changes on Tuesday, Congress sources indicated it would be a reasonably 'serious' exercise that may place many ministers in 'danger zone' while rewarding those seen as efficient.

Four major portfolios - finance, home, defence and external affairs - won't be disturbed.

Kapil Sibal, who was handed the telecom portfolio to carry out a clean-up following DMK nominee A Raja's involvement in the 2G spectrum controversy, will continue to remain in charge of the ministry.

Besides, he was likely to continue to look after HRD ministry and science and technology, where he had undertaken several initiatives.

The speculation in the Congress was, however, as many eight ministers could be in the 'danger zone'.

They include Kamal Nath (highways), Veerappa Moily (law) S Jaipal Reddy (urban development), M S Gill (sports), Virbhadra Singh (steel), Vilasrao Deshmukh (heavy industry), B K Handique (mines) and A Sai Pratap (MoS-steel).

On the other hand, the names of CP Joshi (rural development), Kanitlal Bhuria (tribal Affairs) and V Narayanasamy, figured among those who might leave the government to take up AICC work. Selja Kumari, who holds urban poverty alleviation and tourism, could be shifted to urban development in place of S Jaipal Reddy.

Salman Khurshid, minister of state (MoS-Independent charge) for minority affairs and corporate affairs could be getting promotion as the new law minister - in place of Veerappa Moily. Ajay Maken, currently MoS in home, could move to sports and youth affairs in place of Gill.

Ghulam Nabi Azad, who has health ministry, may take charge of parliamentary affairs.

Another MoS (independent) Srikant Jena may become the Cabinet minister, ending the "injustice" of not giving him the Cabinet position despite enjoying a similar rank in previous governments.

TR Baalu, as DMK nominee, is expected to fill the place of A Raja, as his party is seeking the shipping ministry.

The portfolio is held by Congress nominee GK Vasan, who may get another ministry or shift to Tamil Nadu as PCC chief ahead of the state polls.

Another UPA ally, the Trinamool Congress, nominated Sudip Bandhopadhayay to be MoS and was eyeing the steel ministry to fill up the six ministerial berths promised to Mamata Banerjee in 2009.

Also, there was talk of agriculture minister Sharad Pawar might shed consumer affairs, one of the three portfolios he has. If he does, Praful Patel - who is heading the civil aviation ministry at present - may get Cabinet rank.

Among the new faces from the Congress, Keshava Rao figured to give the Telangana face in the Cabinet and handle the crisis over the demand for a separate state.

Similarly, Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari, Ashwani Kumar and Pawan Singh Ghatowar, who are from Punjab and Assam where elections are due, were also said to be in the reckoning.

 

Source: http://www.hindustantimes.com/cabinet-reshuffle-today-eight-ministers-in-the-danger-zone/article1-651929.aspx

Mỹ thích Ấn Độ hơn Trung Quốc

No 'Hu' and cry over Chinese Prez visit, US prefers India

 

Yashwant Raj, Hindustan Times
Washington , January 20, 2011
 

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh got a state dinner when he came here in 2009 as President Barack Obama's first state guest. Chinese President Hu Jintao is getting one too, but commentators are discussing it as if it was completely unexpected. This and other comparisons are being drawn between India
 

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh got a state dinner when he came here in 2009 as President Barack Obama's first state guest. Chinese President Hu Jintao is getting one too, but commentators are discussing it as if it was completely unexpected. This and other comparisons are being drawn between India and China in a triangular relationship with the US, going right up to the White House itself, unsolicited and unprompted.

Shortly before Hu arrived on Tuesday, Obama's press secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters not to expect deliverables to match those of the India visit.

Even the think tanks seem a little under-enthused. Though papers are being presented and talks are being hosted, the buzz is missing. "The bottom line is that no one expects dramatic breakthroughs with the Hu visit," said Richard Fontaine of the Centre for New American Security. Though corporate deals worth billions are expected to be announced over the next two days, the high-voltage success of Obama's visit to India in November might have raised the bar for visits of this kind.

"This is a little different from our trip to India. The economic relationship that we have with the Chinese is different on a scale with what we do with India," Gibbs told reporters.

When asked about the dinner for Hu, and Obama's policy on state dinners, the White House spokesman brought up India once again: "India enjoys a very personal relationship with the United States."

And a state dinner is not something every visiting foreign leader gets as a matter of right. French President Nicolas Sarkozy, for example, who was here earlier this month didn't get a state dinner.

Former US President George W Bush hosted state dinners only for the closest allies of his nation. He didn't host one for Hu when he was here in 2006.

Hu is getting two dinners this time - a private dinner with President Barack Obama and his key officials on Tuesday and a state dinner on Wednesday night, with a semi-state lunch thrown in, being hosted by vice-president Joe Biden.

But comparisons are still being made.

National security advisor Tom Donilon was asked at a White House briefing about the apparent absence of "staff work" that preceded the India visit, which the reporter said "was really a summit".

"It just had a different strategic dynamic to it," Donilon said, adding, "We fully embraced India's rise as a great power and a great partner for the United States."

Source: http://www.hindustantimes.com/No-Hu-and-cry-over-Chinese-Prez-visit-US-prefers-India/H1-Article1-652442.aspx

Theo Đạo luật Quyền công dân 1986 sửa đổi, người Tây Tạng đầu tiên có quốc tịch Ấn Độ

25-yr-old first Tibetan to be Indian citizen

Anand Bodh
TNN
The Times of India
Jan 20, 2011

CHANDIGARH: Thousands of Tibetans born in India between 1950 and 1986 may have a reason to cheer. They can now become Indian citizens under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 1986. These Tibetans have 25-year-old Namgyal Dolkar to thank, who although born in India was declined citizenship and termed 'stateless'.

Dolkar became the first Tibetan to get Indian citizenship after Delhi High Court ruled in her favour last month. ''I am a Tibetan at heart, but now I am an Indian citizen. I believe one should be aware of one's rights, and I got my rights due to my awareness,'' she told TOI.

Dolkar is no ordinary Tibetan. She is the oldest of four siblings who claim descent from Tibet's 33rd King Songtsen Gampo, ruler of Tibet in the 7th century. In June 2004, during a coronation ceremony presided over by the Dalai Lama, her younger brother, Namgyal Wangchuk Trichen Lhagyari, was ordained descendent of the first dharma King Songtsen Gampo.

Dolkar said she hoped her case would help others Tibetans struggling for an identity in India. ''For one year, Dolkar's queries went unheard. We sent a legal notice, but after it failed to get a response, we approached the Delhi High Court,'' said Roxna S Swamy, Dolkar's lawyer.

''I found that Tibetans, who are eligible for citizenship as per the amended 1986 Citizenship Act, were not aware of it,'' she said. ''According to the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 1986, any person born in India on or after January 26, 1950, but prior to the commencement of the 1986 Act on July 1, 1987, is citizen of India by birth.''

Born in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, on April 13, 1986, and brought up in Dehradun, Dolkar never thought her quest for national identity would lead to a legal battle that would turn out to be a milestone for her exiled community.

The battle began after she applied for an Indian passport in March 2008 in Delhi. The passport office rejected her application, saying her parents were Tibetans. In response to her application, the passport office wrote back on September 1, 2009 that the ministry of external affairs had decided that she could not get a passport and be treated as an Indian.

Dolkar then approached the high court. Justice S Muralidhar on December 22, ruled Dolkar was entitled to citizenship. The court had also ordered MEA to pay her a compensation of Rs 5,000, and give her a passport within two months.

Dolkar is no ordinary Tibetan. She is the oldest of four siblings who claim descent from Tibet's 33rd King Songtsen Gampo, ruler of Tibet in the 7th century. In June 2004, during a coronation ceremony presided over by the Dalai Lama, her younger brother, Namgyal Wangchuk Trichen Lhagyari, was ordained descendent of the first dharma King Songtsen Gampo.

Dolkar said she hoped her case would help others Tibetans struggling for an identity in India. ''For one year, Dolkar's queries went unheard. We sent a legal notice, but after it failed to get a response, we approached the Delhi High Court,'' said Roxna S Swamy, Dolkar's lawyer.

''I found that Tibetans, who are eligible for citizenship as per the amended 1986 Citizenship Act, were not aware of it,'' she said. ''According to the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 1986, any person born in India on or after January 26, 1950, but prior to the commencement of the 1986 Act on July 1, 1987, is citizen of India by birth.'' Born in HP and brought up in Dehradun, Dolkar never thought her quest for national identity would lead to a legal battle.


Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/25-yr-old-first-Tibetan-to-be-Indian-citizen/articleshow/7323090.cms