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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 NEW DELHI 002278 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NP, AC, PM 
 
STATE FOR INR/MR 
 
STATE FOR SCA/INS, PM/CBM, PM/PRO 
 
STATE FOR SCA/PPD, PA/RRU 
 
STATE FOR AID/APRE-A 
 
USDOC FOR 4530/IEP/ANESA/OSA FOR BILL MURPHY 
 
E.O. 12958:N/A 
TAGS: KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: CHINA-INDIA, TEXAS KILLINGS; 
NEW DELHI. 
 
This countrywide cable reports on relevant media 
reaction/opinion from India's large non-English press. 
The Mission reports on English-language media via email 
through the daily "Early Edition" summary. 
 
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INDIA-CHINA 
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¶1. "DALAI LAMA'S IMPORTANCE," editorial in November 10 
centrist Hindi daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "It was not the 
Dalai Lama's first Arunachal-visit, but China has 
accused India of using this visit to mock it. China 
claims Arunachal Pradesh to be its territory, but the 
Tibetan monks in Arunachal abhor China. Although the 
Tibetans are not allowed to participate in India's 
political activities, the Dalai Lama's presence itself 
is a political statement challenging China's claim on 
Tibet. And China being a communist nation neither 
understands India's diverse democracy, nor the context 
because of which Dalai Lama is in India and the people 
of Arunachal Pradesh are so pro-India. Perhaps the 
growing regional and social struggle within China will 
make it learn the language of tolerance." 
 
¶2. "CHINA'S THREAT," editorial in November 10 centrist 
Hindi daily, NAI DUNIYA: "The Indian government 
deserves kudos for not stopping the Dalai Lama from 
going to Arunachal Pradesh, despite China's protest. 
Result: China is now threatening India and reminding it 
of the 1962 war. For China, as long as the Dalai Lama 
is alive, the Tibetan freedom struggle is also alive. 
China's stand towards Dalai Lama has become extremely 
aggressive and it is unnecessarily dragging India into 
it. The Dalai Lama's visit must have incited religious- 
spiritual emotion across the border and China is upset 
over it. But instead of concentrating on its domestic 
problems, it chooses to threaten India." 
 
¶3. "THREATENING LANGUAGE SHOWS CHINA'S DESPERATION," 
editorial in November 11 nationalist Hindi daily, 
DAINIK BHASKAR: "China has blamed New Delhi for trying 
to provoke Beijing by orchestrating Tibetan spiritual 
leader Dalai Lama's controversial visit to Arunachal 
Pradesh. China thinks India will get nervous with 
threats and kowtow to Beijing. China should know 2009 
is not 1962. Both nations have progressed and both are 
powerful in their own ways. It is true that we are 
behind China in military might, but we are not too 
behind. Above all, the balance of power in today's 
world is not the same as it was in 1962 when China 
could humble India. At the same time, tensions are not 
good for the two Asian giants, as they will only come 
in the way of economic progress. And development and 
progress are the new buzzwords of modern civilization, 
not wars!" 
 
¶4. "SMUGGLING OF WEAPONS FROM CHINA," editorial in 
November 10 right-of-center Urdu daily, HAMARA SAMAJ: 
"China has already been claiming its right over 
Arunachal Pradesh. In such a situation, the 
 
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government's revelation that Maoists are getting 
weapons from China, deserves our serious concerns and 
deliberations. Besides, violence perpetrated by Maoists 
should now be seen from another angle. The government, 
till now, avoided any military action against Maoists. 
It argued that the government will never target its own 
citizens. But the whole scenario may be changed now, 
because when any sort of violence starts getting aid 
and support from outside, and alien forces get involved 
in accomplishing their vested interests, the entire 
paradigm changes." 
 
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TEXAS KILLINGS 
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¶5. "AMERICA IN A TRAP," op-ed in November 11 centrist 
Marathi daily SAKAL: "Did the upsurge of dormant Jihadi 
feelings in Major Hasan lead to the atrocities 
committed by him? Or was it revenge taken by him on his 
colleagues who mistreated him because he was a Muslim? 
Or was it just his utter disapproval of U.S. action in 
Afghanistan and Iraq? It would take some time to 
decipher all this. But his action is a very telling 
picture of how American soldiers are feeling currently. 
The storm of discussion about America's intervention in 
Afghanistan and Iraq is set to brew once again. " 
ROEMER