India playing with fire by challenging China over Taiwan, warns Chinese media


The state-run Chinese media today said that India was playing with fire by challenging Beijing over the sensitive Taiwan issue.
Warning India against playing the 'Taiwan card', an op-ed article in Global Times said that New Delhi will suffer losses by challenging “one China” policy. 
The editorial titled  'New Delhi will suffer losses if it plays Taiwan card' reminded India that even the new US President Donald Trump has made a U-turn on challenging the ”one China” policy.
"By challenging China over the Taiwan question, India is playing with fire.  At a time when new US President Donald Trump has put the brakes on challenging China over the Taiwan question, agreeing to change course and respecting the "one China" policy, India stands out as a provocateur," the article said .
“High-level visits between India and Taiwan are not very frequent, so why did India invite the Taiwan delegation to visit at this time?" the article asked referring to Taiwanese MPs delegation. 
It is the first such visit since the Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen administration took office, it said. 
Tsai, who won on elections last year is a strong supporter of Taiwan's independence from China. 
"Some Indians view the Taiwan question as an Achilles' Heel of the mainland. India has long wanted to use the Taiwan question, the South China Sea and Dalai Lama issues as bargaining chips in dealing with China," the article said. 
India may be looking to use the Taiwan card against China out of its suspicions with China specially over the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project with Pakistan, it said. 
"With the advancement of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor in recent years, India's strategic suspicions about China have been growing," it said. 

"It stubbornly misinterprets the flagship project of the One Belt, One Road Initiative that will benefit countries along the route, including India. 
"As the corridor passes through the disputed Kashmir, some Indian strategists have advised the Modi government to play the Taiwan card," it said. 
To India, the island can not only help realise some of India's development goals, but also, strategically, check the mainland. 
Growing Taiwanese investment in India, including in steel, telecom and information technology sectors, are important to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "Made in India" campaign, it said. 
"Although the mainland is a major trading partner of India, political discord and the historical feud make economic cooperation between the two difficult," the article said. 

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