Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee has salvaged the country’s and his own honour by cutting short his visit to China by a day on account of Peking’s deliberate act of aggression on Vietnam. If he had gone through the programme as scheduled, after knowing of the attack, it would have appeared … Read More
There cannot be the slightest doubt that China has been guilty of wanton aggression Vietnam. Nothing that Peking has said in justification of its carefully planned and, indeed, well advertised attack on its small neighbour can detract from this fact. It has accused the Vietnamese of “having carried out incessant … Read More
The report that young men angered by lack of job opportunities in urban centres have rioted in Shanghai must come as a great surprise to most of us if only because we have not had adequate access to accurate information regarding developments in that country. For, more often than not, … Read More
It is as easy to exaggerate the importance of the vote in the UP Janata legislature party on Thursday as to underestimate it. In truth we are just not in a position to assess the significance of this event. For, that will depend on the future conduct of the rival … Read More
It is possible for discerning observers of the Pakistani political scene to take the view that Mr. Bhutto is the principal, if not the sole, architect of his misfortune. An article to that effect by Mr. Dilip Mukherjee, biographer of Mr. Bhutto, is published in the accompanying columns. But it … Read More
The Chinese have deployed a fairly large force on Vietnam’s border – 100,000 to 160,000 men and hundreds of military planes on bases close to the frontier and about half a million men in adjoining provinces. And Peking’s strong-man, Mr. Deng Xiao-ping, has said that “sanctions” are necessary against Vietnam … Read More
Ever since August 20 when Mr. Charan Singh failed to appear in the Lok Sabha to seek and secure a vote of confidence we have held that he was a caretaker prime minister and his government a caretaker government. We have also held that while he and his council of … Read More
The Janata Party’s central leadership, such as it is, has taken a wholly contradictory stand on the current trouble in the UP ministry. It has, on the one hand, asked the chief minister, Mr. Ram Naresh Yadav, to convene a meeting of the state Janata legislature party on February 15 … Read More
The Union cabinet appears to have given Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee a brief which is flexible enough to permit him to engage in wide-ranging discussions with his Chinese hosts in Peking and not tie himself down to topics of direct mutual interest, especially the border. This is as it should … Read More
While it is neither possible nor desirable to try to predict the outcome of Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s visit to China next week, it is reasonable to take the view that this may be a little more propitious time for him to open a dialogue with Chinese leaders than last … Read More
