The weekend passed without any fuss this time. The Chinese
state media didn't come with any editorial warning India of war or disastrous
consequences, be it People's Daily, the mouthpiece of China's ruling Communist
Party (CPC), or its hawkish tabloid Global Times or China's state-run news
agency Xinhua.
Let's begin with Global Times, the sister publication of
People's Daily that has been the front of the Chinese state media pushing for
an India-China war (scenario?) ever since the border standoff between the two
countries on the Doklam Plateau began around mid-June.
The only editorial with harsh war rhetoric available on the
opinion section of its website is from August 7. Titled 'India misjudges
China’s hope for peace', it mocks India for miscalculated assessment of Chinese
'silence' and then throws the routine, i.e., 'countermeasures from China will be
unavoidable'.
The pattern of all other editorials, especially during the
weekend, have been back to viewpoints like the developments around the South
China Sea dispute, or the Sino-US trade row or even the Sino-India trade war
but the hawkish tone of military war has taken a leave it seems. Now whether it
is temporary or the Chinese propaganda machinery will be back to its virtual
war with India only time will tell.
To continue..
©SantoshChaubey
