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Tuesday July 30, 2019
Illustration: Liu Rui/GTBy Li QingqingChinese Foreign Ministry spokes-
person Hua Chunying on Friday
expressed China’s support for the
international community, including
the US, to play a constructive role in
improving India-Pakistan relations.
China made the statement after US
President Donald Trump’s off er on
July 22 to mediate between India and
Pakistan on the decades-long Kash-
mir confl ict.
In addition, Pakistan Foreign Min-
ister Shah Mahmood Qureshi also
welcomed Trump’s off er, saying that
it was “more than Pakistan’s expec-
tations.” However, India has always
been opposing third-party mediation.
New Delhi insists that the confl ict
can only be resolved through direct
talks with Islamabad. India should
understand this: The international
community is off ering to mediate
because India has made few attempts
and achievements on the Kashmir
confl ict, and peace in Kashmir is im-
portant to global stability.
The US is not the fi rst country to
off er to mediate. Former South Afri-
can president Nelson Mandela and
incumbent Norwegian Prime Minis-
ter Erna Solberg used to off er third-
party mediation. But India has shut
out all countries’ off ers, which has
escalated tensions in Kashmir.Perhaps India should try to un-
derstand why the international com-
munity generally supports improv-
ing India-Pakistan relations through
peaceful negotiations. That’s because
during the more than 70 years of dis-
putes, the two countries have always
lacked an eff ective channel of negoti-
ation. Clashes have erupted along the
Line of Control, which had cost many
innocent people’s lives.
Under such circumstances, China
has always supported international
mediation because the peace and sta-
bility of South Asia is of great impor-
tance. If the India-Pakistan disputes
lead to war or even a nuclear con-
frontation, then the two peoples will
become innocent victims. China’s
national strategy and interests will
be seriously harmed as well. For ex-
ample, the China-proposed Belt and
Road Initiative will face severe chal-
lenges in South Asia if the region
suff ers from war. China supports
all countries, including the US, that
sincerely aim at promoting peaceful
negotiations between India and Paki-
stan, because this is also in line with
China’s own interests.
China will always respect India’s
choice whether to accept interna-tional mediation or not. However,
India should not deliberately ignore
the international community’s atten-
tion and will. India is a major country
in the region. And if India and Paki-
stan can resolve the Kashmir confl ict
properly and peacefully, India’s na-
tional image will be greatly enhanced,
and its long-term stability and devel-
opment will also benefi t.
The over 70 years of disputes be-
tween India and Pakistan was some-
thing left by British colonization.
How India and Pakistan resolve the
issue can help developing countries
fi nd a peaceful way to completely get
rid of colonialism.
India should work harder to break
the deadlock. Since Pakistan and
India are members of the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization (SCO), the
SCO can provide a good platform for
a regional solution. The most impor-
tant thing is India and Pakistan’s will
and wisdom to seek a resolution to
the confl ict through political nego-
tiations. Only in this way can South
Asia’s peace and stability, as well as
the interests of countries concerned,
be guaranteed. New Delhi should not
act against the will of international
community.Voices
“What the prime minister has
instructed and the cabinet has
accepted is a turbo-charging
of those preparations.”
Dominic Raab, British foreign secretary,
saying that the UK is turbo-charging its no-deal Brexit
preparations and will be ready to leave the European
Union with or without a deal on Oct 31, quoted by
Reuters on Monday.
“Discussions were good. I
cannot say that we resolved
everything, I can say there are
lots of commitments.”
Abbas Araqchi, Iranian offi cial,
saying that the emergency meeting with parties to
Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal was constructive but there are
unresolved issues and Tehran will continue to reduce its
nuclear commitments if Europeans fail to salvage the
pact, quoted by Reuters on Sunday.
India needs 3rd-party mediation on Kashmir confl ict
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BSERVER
Page Editor:
[email protected]HK opposition should not misjudge situation
O
ffi cials from the Hong Kong
and Macao Aff airs Offi ce of the
State Council expressed their
fi rm support to the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region (HKSAR) gov-
ernment, Hong Kong police and Chief
Executive Carrie Lam at a press confer-
ence on Monday. This shows the riots
that have lasted over 50 days in Hong
Kong failed to waver Beijing’s position
and shake the “one country, two sys-
tems” principle.
Hong Kong opposition responded
rapidly, calling the conference a “waste
of time” and accused Beijing of mis-
judging the situation.
But the extreme opposition and
demonstrators in Hong Kong have
misunderstood the geopolitical factors
and the current era. It is they who com-
pletely miscalculated the situation.
The riots were sparked by resistance
to amending the Fugitives Off enders
Ordinance. Despite the HKSAR gov-ernment declaring the extradition bill
“dead,” violence continued to escalate
and radical protesters have become
more vehement. They want to paralyze
the HKSAR government, challenge the
authority of the police and ultimately
establish an opposition-dominated po-
litical structure manipulated by the US
and Western forces.
All of their actions have touched the
bottom line of the “one country, two
systems” principle.
Beijing didn’t forcefully intervene
in the Hong Kong situation, and it has
maintained respect for Hong Kong’s
high degree of autonomy. But Beijing
will never yield to pressure created by
the opposition and the Western forces
behind them. Even if the opposition
pushes the riots to the extreme, they are
doomed to fail.
“One country, two systems” prin-
ciple is a constitutional arrangement.
The central government’s jurisdictionover Hong Kong is the inevitable result
of Hong Kong’s return to the mother-
land, which cannot be impacted by any
turbulence within Hong Kong. The
riots will only cause harm to the local
people.
“One country, two systems” princi-
ple has ensured Hong Kong’s high de-
gree of autonomy while preventing tur-
moil in Hong Kong from spreading to
the mainland. Whatever the mobs did
on the streets is ruining Hong Kong.
The mainlanders are very sympathetic
to this. But the mobs cannot aff ect the
attitude of mainland society, nor can
they cause a sense of crisis in the whole
country.
The riots in Hong Kong have provid-
ed the mainland with a negative exam-
ple, demonstrating how fragile social
solidarity is under the Western system.
A high degree of autonomy requires
Hong Kong society to be responsible
for its internal order, and the core leverto fulfi ll this responsibility is the rule
of law that Hong Kong has long been
proud of. As the rule of law is severely
damaged, unprecedented chaos has ap-
peared in Hong Kong.
When riots are severe enough to
destroy the city as an international fi -
nancial center, Hong Kong society will
eventually be fed up with turbulence
and begin to rebound.
We believe that a bottom line exists
in Hong Kong, and the turning point
will come sooner or later.
US and Western forces might suf-
fi ce to incite extreme opposition, but
they are by no means capable of reshap-
ing Hong Kong politically. What they
are trying to do is to throw Hong Kong
into chaos and thus contain Beijing.
Understanding the situation is es-
sential to everyone. The riots won’t
have any political future. Hong Kong’s
deep-seated problems can only be
solved through development.Bailing out