MEDIA REACTION: CHINA-INDIA, TEXAS KILLINGS;

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SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: CHINA-INDIA, TEXAS KILLINGS;
NEW DELHI.

This countrywide cable reports on relevant media
reaction/opinion from India's large non-English press.
The Mission reports on English-language media via email
through the daily "Early Edition" summary.

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INDIA-CHINA
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1. "DALAI LAMA'S IMPORTANCE," editorial in November 10
centrist Hindi daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "It was not the
Dalai Lama's first Arunachal-visit, but China has
accused India of using this visit to mock it. China
claims Arunachal Pradesh to be its territory, but the
Tibetan monks in Arunachal abhor China. Although the
Tibetans are not allowed to participate in India's
political activities, the Dalai Lama's presence itself
is a political statement challenging China's claim on
Tibet. And China being a communist nation neither
understands India's diverse democracy, nor the context
because of which Dalai Lama is in India and the people
of Arunachal Pradesh are so pro-India. Perhaps the
growing regional and social struggle within China will
make it learn the language of tolerance."


2. "CHINA'S THREAT," editorial in November 10 centrist
Hindi daily, NAI DUNIYA: "The Indian government
deserves kudos for not stopping the Dalai Lama from
going to Arunachal Pradesh, despite China's protest.
Result: China is now threatening India and reminding it
of the 1962 war. For China, as long as the Dalai Lama
is alive, the Tibetan freedom struggle is also alive.
China's stand towards Dalai Lama has become extremely
aggressive and it is unnecessarily dragging India into
it. The Dalai Lama's visit must have incited religious-
spiritual emotion across the border and China is upset
over it. But instead of concentrating on its domestic
problems, it chooses to threaten India."


3. "THREATENING LANGUAGE SHOWS CHINA'S DESPERATION,"
editorial in November 11 nationalist Hindi daily,
DAINIK BHASKAR: "China has blamed New Delhi for trying
to provoke Beijing by orchestrating Tibetan spiritual
leader Dalai Lama's controversial visit to Arunachal
Pradesh. China thinks India will get nervous with
threats and kowtow to Beijing. China should know 2009
is not 1962. Both nations have progressed and both are
powerful in their own ways. It is true that we are
behind China in military might, but we are not too
behind. Above all, the balance of power in today's
world is not the same as it was in 1962 when China
could humble India. At the same time, tensions are not
good for the two Asian giants, as they will only come
in the way of economic progress. And development and
progress are the new buzzwords of modern civilization,
not wars!"


4. "SMUGGLING OF WEAPONS FROM CHINA," editorial in
November 10 right-of-center Urdu daily, HAMARA SAMAJ:
"China has already been claiming its right over
Arunachal Pradesh. In such a situation, the

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government's revelation that Maoists are getting
weapons from China, deserves our serious concerns and
deliberations. Besides, violence perpetrated by Maoists
should now be seen from another angle. The government,
till now, avoided any military action against Maoists.
It argued that the government will never target its own
citizens. But the whole scenario may be changed now,
because when any sort of violence starts getting aid
and support from outside, and alien forces get involved
in accomplishing their vested interests, the entire
paradigm changes."

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TEXAS KILLINGS
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5. "AMERICA IN A TRAP," op-ed in November 11 centrist
Marathi daily SAKAL: "Did the upsurge of dormant Jihadi
feelings in Major Hasan lead to the atrocities
committed by him? Or was it revenge taken by him on his
colleagues who mistreated him because he was a Muslim?
Or was it just his utter disapproval of U.S. action in
Afghanistan and Iraq? It would take some time to
decipher all this. But his action is a very telling
picture of how American soldiers are feeling currently.
The storm of discussion about America's intervention in
Afghanistan and Iraq is set to brew once again. "
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