"Dragon Elephant Dance" requires the two peoples to meet each other
Ji Yan
Since the physical conflict between the Chinese and Indian border guards in the Gallevan Valley on the border between the two countries on June 15, the opposition between the two peoples has escalated. Under the current situation, it is necessary to create a good atmosphere for easing the situation and solving problems. From a rational point of view, China-India friendly cooperation has a solid foundation, and the two people's wills have a historical foundation and realistic opportunities to move towards each other.
First, the traditional friendship is profound. Both China and India are ancient civilizations with thousands of years of history. The two countries have a long history of friendship and exchanges and mutual learning. China and India have a history of textual examinations for more than 2,000 years. During his visit to India in September 2014, President Xi Jinping talked about the similarities between the Chinese and Indian cultures: "Chinese Tai Chi and Indian Yoga, Chinese Traditional Medicine and Indian Ayurveda have amazing similarities, and the peoples of the two countries have practiced for thousands of years. The philosophy of life is similar in depth." For thousands of years, Confucianism and Buddhism have co-existed and learned from each other, and jointly built the cornerstone of Eastern civilization. Tang Xuanzang, Tagore and Ke Dihua are known as representatives of Sino-Indian friendship. Understanding and recognition of each other's cultural traditions is an invisible and strong spiritual connection between the Chinese and Indian people, and it builds a solid foundation of Sino-Indian friendship.
The second is to learn from each other. The history of China and India is similar. They are both members of the BRICS countries, emerging economies and developing countries, and are at a critical period of national development and national rejuvenation. Both China and India adhere to an independent foreign policy, advocate the five principles of peaceful coexistence, oppose foreign interference, and firmly maintain the international system with the United Nations at its core. Both China and India advocate multilateralism and free trade, and maintain the multilateral trading system with the World Trade Organization at its core. In July 2014, President Xi Jinping said in his first meeting with Prime Minister Modi in Fortaleza, Brazil that China and India, as the two largest developing countries and emerging market countries, are in the great historical process of achieving national revival. What is cherished is peace and development, and the ideals and goals of the two countries are closely linked.
The third is that development interests are compatible. In October 2019, President Xi Jinping told Prime Minister Modi at the Chennai meeting that China hopes that it will develop well and that India will develop well. Against the backdrop of a major change that has not been seen in a century, the intersection and common ground of the interests of the two countries are increasing. President Xi Jinping once quoted Deng Xiaoping as saying, "Only when both China and India have developed will there be a real "Asian century"." The founding Prime Minister of India, Nehru, also said, "India and China come together is a major event in Asia and the world." As the two largest countries in Asia, China and India share common interests in maintaining peace and stability in Asia and realizing the prosperity and rejuvenation of Asia, and they deserve to work together. The Sino-Indian cooperation will also contribute Eastern wisdom and strength to the establishment of a new international political and economic order.
The fourth is extensive humanities exchanges. China and India have left a wealth of material and spiritual heritage in the thousands of years of humanities exchanges, which has become a good story in the history of world civilization exchanges. At present, under the strategic guidance of the leaders of the two countries, humanities exchanges between China and India have become common practice and become a new bright spot in the relationship between the two countries. During President Xi Jinping's visit to India in 2014, he launched the "China-India Cultural Exchange Plan" with Prime Minister Modi. In April 2018, President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Modi reached an important consensus on the establishment of a Sino-Indian high-level humanities exchange mechanism when they met in Wuhan. So far, two meetings have been held, which have been carried out in many fields such as cultural exchange and cultural relics protection, educational cooperation and language teaching. A variety of exchange activities. The institutionalized "plus points effect" of humanistic exchanges has been highlighted year by year, which has built a platform for the people of the two countries to enhance understanding, pass on friendship, and build consensus, and form a large exchange and cooperation between the 2.7 billion people of China and India to achieve "Dragon Elephant Dance" Laid a solid foundation and created a good environment.
The friendship between the people lies in the mutual love between the people and the mutual love between the people. In response to the current Sino-Indian border situation, both countries need to stabilize domestic public opinion and leave room and room for diplomatic action. It is also necessary for the people of the two countries to remain objective, calm and rational, so as to avoid the tension between the two peoples' opposition.