18 September 2011

Publication: India’s South China Sea Warning

By Jason Miks 

An influential Chinese Communist Party-run newspaper has warned that ‘every means possible’ should be used to stop India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Videsh engaging in exploration projects in the South China Sea.

‘A Global Times editorial described the deal between ONGC and Vietnam as reflecting India’s rising ambitions, and a likely Indian move to “counter China’s behaviour in the Indian Ocean,”’ noted India’s The Hindu newspaper. ‘Chinese society has already been indignant about India's intervention in the Dalai (Lama) problem…India should bear in mind that its actions in the South China Sea will push China to the limit,’ it quoted the editorial as warning.

Read the full story at The Diplomat