... because Europe wants to continue to exploit labor from China. I think their stand is not ideal but understandable.
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Indian and Chinese troops have lined up against one another for months between a literal rock and a hard place -- that being two remote Himalayan parts of a border each nation contests.
But European leaders have found themselves in a more figurative dilemma.
If Europe sides with Delhi, it will infuriate the economic powerhouse that is China, which is now the European Union's second-biggest trading partner. Side with Beijing, however, and Europe would denigrate the world’s largest democracy, and one that wants to build better ties with the continent.
So since both nations are important strategic partners for the EU, “it is likely reluctant to take sides in the territorial dispute,” said Bart Gaens, a senior research fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. “The EU will condemn the violence,” if it breaks out, he added, “but it can do little more than to call for dialogue and a peaceful resolution to the dispute.”
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Why Europe Is Divided Over The India-China Border Dispute
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Indian and Chinese troops have lined up against one another for months between a literal rock and a hard place -- that being two remote Himalayan parts of a border each nation contests.
But European leaders have found themselves in a more figurative dilemma.
If Europe sides with Delhi, it will infuriate the economic powerhouse that is China, which is now the European Union's second-biggest trading partner. Side with Beijing, however, and Europe would denigrate the world’s largest democracy, and one that wants to build better ties with the continent.
So since both nations are important strategic partners for the EU, “it is likely reluctant to take sides in the territorial dispute,” said Bart Gaens, a senior research fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. “The EU will condemn the violence,” if it breaks out, he added, “but it can do little more than to call for dialogue and a peaceful resolution to the dispute.”
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Why Europe Is Divided Over The India-China Border Dispute
