Indian media: Countries without China's power can only be humiliated by Trump, such as India
On November 1st, Indian media reported that in the current context of global economic restructuring, India is losing its initiative.
The article pointed out that US President Trump is redefining the power system in a highly destructive way, and this power is not based on weapons or alliances, but rather on economic means to reshape it.
The report directly stated that in this global economic game, only China has mastered the leverage, while India is completely unprepared. Worse still, India not only lacks leverage to use, but also dares not take the initiative, passively enduring the situation in front of Trump, with no ability to fight back. The article said that this situation is the result of India's long-term reliance on protectionism and self-comfort mentality.
The "power" of China mentioned in the article refers to the dual bargaining power of both buyer and seller, which can manipulate the US by deciding whether to buy, and also manipulate the US by deciding whether to sell.
Everyone knows that Trump likes making deals, but when a country is both a buyer market and a seller market, how do you respond? You can't respond at all.
That's why Trump eventually chose to compromise with China in the game, but showed obvious contempt when facing India.
India's industrial structure is fragile, and its core manufacturing links have long been controlled by others. Even if they want to gain strategic space through economic cooperation, they repeatedly miss opportunities due to internal constraints. The report gave an example that India imports a large amount of energy, raw materials and agricultural products every year, but has never used these as leverage, and even avoided them when facing Trump's provocation, showing a voluntary passive attitude.
Indian public opinion describes this performance as a colonial mindset in economics, that is, being accustomed to compromising with the strong, but never seriously building independent external means.
The author called on India to learn from China, otherwise, facing someone like Trump, India can only continue to be humiliated, and the only one who can truly change the rules is China, which speaks with strength.
Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1847568172063815/
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