Leading Chinese Daily: ‘India A Major Power, Strategically Confident’

New Delhi: India has come in for huge praise from China’s leading daily Global Times, which considers it to be ‘more strategically confident’ and ‘proactive’ in developing a ‘Bharat narrative’, PTI reported.

“India is indeed a major power, and rapid changes in internal and external strategies pose challenges to both itself and the international community. It appears that a transformed, stronger, and more assertive India has become a new geopolitical factor that many countries need to consider,” Zhang Jiadong, director of the Center for South Asian Studies at Shanghai’s Fudan University, has written in Global Times.

Highlighting New Delhi’s achievements in the last four years, the article acknowledges India’s robust economic growth, improvements in urban governance, shift in attitude towards international relations including that with China.

It also stated that Indian representatives earlier used to focus on Beijing’s measures to reduce trade imbalance, but now the focus is more on India’s export potential.

The article praised India’s foreign policy under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, especially with China despite tensions between the two nuclear-powered nations after the 2020 Galwan Valley clashes.

The Global Times cited India’s multi-alignment approach and strengthening of ties with major global powers like the United States, Japan and Russia, while maintaining a nuanced stand in the ongoing Ukraine conflict.

“Since Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumed power, he has advocated for a multi-alignment strategy, promoting India’s relations with the US, Japan, Russia and other countries and regional organisations,” Jiadong has stated.