BEIJING, July 23 (Xinhua)
-- Indian media, which have traditionally
focused heavily on the border disputes
between New Delhi and Beijing, are
now asserting again that Chinese
troops have crossed the "border"
between the two countries.
This
came just a few months after
similar reports soured to some extent
the atmosphere of a visit by
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to
India.
Fortunately, Beijing and
New Delhi, with political wisdom, made
joint efforts to defuse the tensions
timely, and the visit, part of
Li's maiden overseas tour since
assuming premiership in March, turned
out a big success.
Li
and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh, through candid talks and
in-depth discussions, substantially enhanced
strategic mutual trust, which is a
valuable thing for two countries that
fought a brief border war in
1962.
Looking back on Indian
media hype about "Chinese border
intrusions," one has to admit such
sensational reports are indeed harmful
to the China-India
relationship.
Such reports have
only served to further sow
misunderstandings between Indians and Chinese
even at a time when their
leaders are working hard to manage
their differences and to build a
constructive relationship that can benefit
both sides.
Back to the
border disputes, it is worth noting
that both Beijing and New Delhi
have repeatedly said they are
committed to maintaining peace and
stability along the border before the
issues are completely
resolved.
The disputes, a
historical hangover, were not created
in one day, neither will they
be resolved overnight. It is unwise
to let isolated incidents along the
border to negatively affect the
promising China-India
relationship.
China and India,
as two major emerging economies, have
much to gain by further deepening
political and economic
ties.
Despite sometimes frosty
political relations, China has become
one of India's top trading
partners. Both countries have agreed
to increase their bilateral trade,
standing at 66.5 billion U.S. dollars
in 2012, to 100 billion dollars by
2015.
The two economies, with
distinctive competitive advantages, can also
work on more joint investment
projects.
Beijing and New Delhi
should build on the positive momentum
yielded by Premier Li's visit.
After all, the right track forward
for the two gaint neighbors is
to boost investment, expand trade and
strengthen links so that both
countries can benefit from the win-win
cooperation.
As for media from
both countries, playing up the border
disputes is hardly a constructive way
of doing things.
（Editor：HuangBeibei、Zhang Qian）
