Chinese President Xi Jinping said that they are ready to join hands with the neighboring nations for global development. But  China has not yet made any initiative to settle the disputes and misunderstandings between her neighbors. 

          China is the most populous country in the world and third largest in Area.  It has 14 neighbors sharing its 22,000 km land borders viz., North Korea, Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam.

             when  Xi Jinping delivered a speech at the UN general assembly,  he mentioned that he is focusing on a ‘community of shared future for mankind’. He said that ‘the essence of sovereign equality is that the sovereignty and dignity of all countries, whether big or small, strong or weak, rich or poor, must be respected, their internal affairs allow no interference and they have the right to independently choose their social system and development path’.

                China has a longer historyof torturing neighboring countries  with   the  ambition of territory expansion. Furthermore, the Chinese civil war between

Kuomintang government (KMT) and Communist party of China (CCP) resulted in the China’s(ROC) failure to concentrate on settlement of territory disputes to some extent, and CCP’s seizure of  power by force made the peaceful transition of government impossible.

          North Korea once china’s closest ally quickly becoming a negative asset for China.

         Over a century since the first Sino-Japanese war in 1895, China-japan relations have seen structural contradictions. The second Sino-Japanese war which broke out in 1937 is another historic example of forceful domination.

       China has dispute with almost every neighboring countries.  China seems to be on the defensive attitude against its eastern neighbors in its overall foreign policy configuration.

          Mr. Xi Jinping said in the speech that ‘No country in this world can enjoy absolute security, while others are in turmoil, as the threats facing other countries may haunt it also. When neighbors are in trouble, instead of tightening his own fences, one should extend a helping hand to them’. Look  Mr. Xi Jinping saying, a country which

has issues with all of its neighbors is speaking about cordial relations with neighbors!.

          There is a well circulated joke about China’s principles over territory disputes, i.e. when Poor we shall put aside the dispute and co-operate in  development; when rich, we shall insist the Territories belong to China.

       The east China which overlooks North Korea, South Korea and Japan,  are hard nut to crack.

        To the North, China shares boundaries with two neighbors: giant Russia and Mongolia. Mongolia is in China’s best interest. Russia and china too signed a strategic partnership agreement and in 2011 . They both seem to be in good terms. In short, the two northern neighbors has been aimed at continuous consolidation as a strategy.

         China’s long western border is adjacent to four central Asian countries. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are members of the China dominated Shanghai Co-operation Organization, with Afghanistan currently having observer status in the organization. China also takes advantage of the SCO to deepen and widen its economic ties with Central Asian countries. 

        China’s relation with its South Asian neighbors is much more complicated. Pakistan is a godsend to china.     enjoying the all-weather Strategic partnership.

          In contrast, India’s strategic partnership with china so far is far from all-weather, haunted by long standing mistrust and suspicion stemming from its territorial disputes with china and its policy toward Tibet and Dalai Lama’s exile. Besides, India is now a strong competitor against China in the international arena. China has had or still has border issues with its neighbors; the biggest outstanding border issue is with

India.  Two territories currently in dispute are Aksai Chin and Arunachal Pradesh.

         China has clearly been successful in resolving border disputes with most of its neighbor’s in a ‘win-win’ situation since the 1990’s. It took a decade to reach agreement with Russia.  But the border with India remains unresolved. It is the maritime borders that have caused most trouble in the past two years with China being accused of increasingly assertive behavior towards its neighbor’s.    

         Even though India is the birth place of Buddhism, it is most practiced in china. But the Chinese Communist government is not ready to accept it. Buddhism, which travelled to China two millennia ago from India, was targetted during the Cultural Revolution. More than half a million antiques were destroyed. Buddhist monks were tortured and sacred books burned.

       However, Buddhism has influenced them in case of Economy. They attained a safe position in terms of global trade. The Budhist culture and energy helped them in attaining these positions. But in terms of ethics, they had never followed Buddha’s ethical  way.  This was much visible during the Indo-china war. They will go to any extend for a win. When it comes to ethics,  the evilness of dragon may be their influence. 

      Take a look at the Chinese products; there are number ofchinese products in the global market. But, most of the products are duplicates.

        This attitude of Chinese over their neighbors, Religion etc.is bringing a negative image  in the global scenario. Look at their national animal, Dragon. Everybody consider dragon as a symbol of evil, Chinese believes that dragon is a symbol of hope!