After Claim On Galwan, Nepal And Bhutan, China Says ‘Aggression And Expansion Not In Our Genes’

Jul 09, 2020

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said aggression and expansion is not in the genes of the Chinese nation throughout its 5000-year old history.

• ‘Aggression and expansion has never been in the genes of the Chinese nation throughout its 5,000 years history’
• China cannot be another US
• After India’s Galwan Valley, Nepal and South China Sea, China is now eyeing Bhutan

New Delhi: China has claimed India’s Galwan Valley, encroached upon the Nepalese territory, has opened another border dispute with Bhutan but wants the world to believe that it is not expansionist in nature.

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said, “Aggression and expansion have never been in the genes of the Chinese nation throughout its 5,000 years history, and China cannot and will not be another US.”

Yi was speaking on the US-China ties when he gave this statement adding that he expects that the US will build a more objective understanding of China and a more rational policy toward the country.

China Using COVID-19 To Pursue Its Expansionist Agenda

The US and China are locked in a bitter tussle over coronavirus and Beijing’s recent aggressions in the Himalayas and the South China Sea.

Beijing’s belligerence forced the US to shift its troops positioned in Germany to other places with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo saying that the decision was taken after the US revisited the threats it faced.

The actions of the Chinese Communist Party meant there were threats to India and countries such as Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and the South China Sea, said Pompeo adding that the US is fully prepared to address these “challenges of our time”.

Claim On Bhutan, Nepal, South China Sea But Beijing Not Expansionist 

Continuing with its expansionist agenda, China has created a new border dispute with Bhutan during a virtual meeting of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) where it objected to the grant for Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary (SWS) in eastern Bhutan’s Trashigang district bordering India and China, claiming that the location was disputed.

Similarly, in Nepal, China is using road construction in Tibet to occupy land and according to a Nepal government report, it may establish outposts at the border in the near future.

As per the list prepared by Nepal’s Survey Department of Agriculture Ministry, Chinese encroachments happened in 10 places comprising nearly 33 hectares of Nepalese land and as per the report, China has also been diverting the flow of rivers to increase its territory.

Coirtesy: Opera News/TNN