The Annual General meeting of UN General Assembly in USA, this year is sparking an unequal comparison between NARENDRA MODI, Prime Minister of India and XI JINPING, President of China about who has got more media coverage and how success were their visits. One thing being clear, Xi was on state visit to USA and participate in UNGA while Modi only to participate in UNGA meeting. So no comparison of media coverage, as state guest should be covered by national media. Other things being equal, Xi had lady's luck, Peng Liyuan was commanding the another frontier of diplomacy. But among other participants at UNGA, Modi was truly a star.
Now the facts, MODI was invited to FACEBOOK HQ, both Modi and Zuckerberg were giving 'jhappi' of digital India and internet.org respectively. Why not Xi at Facebook HQ then ? Laughable indeed. Facebook is ban in China. For good or bad. Good for Chinese to innovate indigenously. China has own MADE IN CHINA avatars of Facebook and Twitter. Interestingly, PM Modi is a member of weibo, Chinese version of Twitter. Chinese social media, such as We Chat, Weibo, QQ and e-retail giant Alibaba are becoming global. Why not to Google ? We can proudly say that an Indian is a CEO of Google. Google has Chinese brothers, BAIDU and SINA, which both have Chinese CEOs and importantly are Chinese Companies. The fact of matter is India is craving for foreign companies to make in India. Chinese companies are going global. Weibo and We Chat are not restricted to Chinese only. To make in India in the truest sense, Sundar Pichai, Satya Dahl and others need to establish companies in INDIA. Make in India, Make for India. PM Modi went to bring business, promote make in India and digital India. The story of China's success can be emulated. CHINA also brought money and technology from USA, what is termed as reverse or stolen technology. The close market of China and language barrier invariably encouraged the home companies to invest and innovate.
Chinese think differently. Chinese babus in Foreign Affairs Ministry, planned Xi's visit to USA as state visit. One visit serves two purposes. Xi as state guest enjoyed the delicacies of White House and then gave lecture to world leaders at UN. Xi announced to increase peacekeeping forces and pledge to build $1 billion UN Peace Fund. Xi also launched the China South-South Climate Cooperation Fund of $3.1 billion to help developing countries to fight climate change. Off course, India will get its due share from this.
Ironically, departure of China from India-China Climate Alliance is a diplomatic failure of India Climate Diplomacy. USA together with other developed nations have successfully dent into Great Wall of Climate Alliance. Now China will sit together with 'stocked nations' on the other side of the table at Climate Negotiations at UNCCC in Paris to formulate policies. The mounting pressure of developed nations on India and other developing nations to do away with 'common but differentiated' principle and accept 'common emission cut' undoubtedly hamper development ambitions of India.
No doubt, China in the past decade, has taken a great leap both in economies and international politics. The structural differences between India and China have heightened. China is rising while India is developing. While China is acting, India is talking. China is dethroning America from Super Power, India is begging for United Nations Security Council membership. No one make you 'panch' (judge) even in villages, when you are weak and poor. When one-third of population is illiterate, farmers are committing suicide, poor are sleeping on pavements, children begging on traffic signals, claim to elite club of UN looks distant and unjustified. One can asserts that being largest democracy, we are entitled to be a member of the Security Council. Our own house is not in proper order. Women are not proportionally represented in Parliment or state legislative bodies. Members of lower strata of societies have not adequate share in executives, legislative and judiciary. How come we claim to be represented in world body when we have not provided representation to our own people. These facts are omnipresent. No hide and seek.
India, to re-establish as World's Guru needs to enlighten its own people, as Buddha did, before going abroad. The enlightenment of education, equality and employment. Unless the dream of common man is not fulfilled, India's dream will be hard to realise. India's dream is not inclusive of dreams of its people. The inclusiveness of society would succeed the arrival of India as super power.
