Fearing China, India pulls out of war games with US, Japan

[mota bhai 2,675]

Concerned at how it would be perceived by Beijing, India last month suddenly withdrew from the planning of a naval exercise with the US and Japanese navies off the US Pacific island of Guam.

Instead, India will stick to geopolitically less sensitive separate naval manoeuvres with the US and Japan.

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The Indian defence ministry first indicated a preference for holding the exercise off the coast of the Japanese island of Okinawa.

Then it took the view that war games should be kept to the bilateral level for the time being in deference to Chinese sensibilities. The ministry then withdrew from the discussion altogether.

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Beijing claims multilateral naval exercises between India, the US and Japan are aimed at containing its influence and has publicly warned all the governments against joining such exercises.

Australia's withdrawal from the Quad after 2007 was a fallout of these protests.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Fearing-China-India-pulls-out-of-war-games-with-US-Japan/Article1-1059257.aspx

Edited May 13, 2013 by amriki bhai

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

i wonder if this is related to the issue india and china had a week or so ago where china was occupying some land clearly inside india's border.

[mota bhai 2,675]

i wonder if this is related to the issue india and china had a week or so ago where china was occupying some land clearly inside india's border.

The very last sentence in that Hindustan Times article (which I did not include in the excerpt) is this:

The Indian withdrawal from the trilateral exercise occurred before the Chinese border intrusion in eastern Ladakh.

I take the fact that they included that sentence as a good indication that you're right.