US Warns China ASEAN Countries Won't Stand by Beijing's Behaviour. Former Indian-American Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Nisha Desai Biswal has said that India is "a force to be reckoned with" and that the countries in the region won't stand by Beijing's behaviour.
This comment comes in the wake of the ongoing standoff between Indian and Chinese troops near Sikkim with the latter even carrying out a live fire-drill along the disputed the Arunachal border.
She further said,"China, I think, needs to acknowledge the fact that there is growing strategic and security capability across Asia, and certainly India is a force to be reckoned with" ,and added, "While I understand that sentiment within China, that I think seeks to try to assert China as a dominant player across the Asia-Pacific, I think China has to contend with the fact that across its geography, throughout the Asia-Pacific region, countries are unsettled by its behavior and by its unilateral actions," .
"India has proven itself to be willing and be able to resolve issues through arbitration, through negotiation, through dialogue and diplomacy, and, we would hope and expect that China would show itself capable of doing the same," she said, adding that any further escalation would be grave indeed.
In a similar way Indonesia says No to China’s Bullying, ASEAN Gets United, and India gets Ready to take on the Chinese.While unlike Countries like Vietnam and the Philippines, Indonesia has long stated that it has no maritime disputes in the South China Sea- of which Beijing illegally lays claim to more than 90%, Indonesian diplomats had repeatedly taken offence to China over fishing and oil exploration rights in the region.
After reporting on a live fire-drill carried out by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China near the Arunachal Pradesh border, the state run Global Times said that India should get prepared for “all-out confrontation” along the disputed border.
“China can take further countermeasures along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). If India stirs up conflicts in several spots, it must face the consequence of an all-out confrontation with China along the entire LAC,” Global Times said. “China doesn’t advocate and tries hard to avoid a military clash with India, but China doesn’t fear to go to war to safeguard sovereignty either and will make itself ready for a long-term confrontation,” it added.
(With inputs from PTI)