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 China want to join Mekong?Ganga

The Hindu (24,July,2001)
By Amit Baruah
Hanoi, July 24.China has shown interest in joining the Mekong ?Ganga
Cooperation (MGC) and the Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka,
Thailand-Economic cooperation (BIMST-EC) groupings. China's interest in
becoming part of these two regional cooperation groupings has been
displayed through select member nations of the two organizations ? in
both of whom India is a leading player.

         It is likely that in the run-up to the second ministerial
meeting of MGC countries (which brings together Myanmar, Thailand,
Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and India) or at the ministerial meeting itself
the issue of China joining in could be raised.

     Given the fact that China, as a Mekong country, was excluded when
the MGC was launched in Vientiane in November 2000, some member
countries may argue that the Chinese have a good case to cooperate in
the grouping which aims at the promotion of cultural, tourism, human
resource and transportation links. It appears unlikely that India will
be warm to the idea of China joining the MGC or even BIMST-EC. New
Delhi, of course, has said that the MGC was not a grouping which was
directed at any other country. But the exclusion of China as a Mekong
countury was noted by observers in the region.

         For their part, the Chinese had opposed the enlargement of the
ASEAN+3 (China, Japan and Korea) grouping by arguing that India did not
figure in the geographical sweep of  such a cooperative endeavor.






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&nbsp;<b><font color="#CC0000"><font size=+2>China want to join Mekong?Ganga</font></font></b>
<p><i><font color="#00CC00">The Hindu (24,July,2001)</font></i>
<br><i><font color="#00CC00">By Amit Baruah</font></i>
<br><font color="#00CC00">Hanoi, July 24.</font>China has shown interest
in joining the Mekong ?Ganga Cooperation (MGC) and the Bangladesh, India,
Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand-Economic cooperation (BIMST-EC) groupings.
China's interest in becoming part of these two regional cooperation groupings
has been displayed through select member nations of the two organizations
? in both of whom India is a leading player.
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It is likely that in
the run-up to the second ministerial meeting of MGC countries (which brings
together Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and India) or at the
ministerial meeting itself the issue of China joining in could be raised.
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Given the fact that China, as a Mekong country,
was excluded when the MGC was launched in Vientiane in November 2000, some
member countries may argue that the Chinese have a good case to cooperate
in the grouping which aims at the promotion of cultural, tourism, human
resource and transportation links. It appears unlikely that India will
be warm to the idea of China joining the MGC or even BIMST-EC. New Delhi,
of course, has said that the MGC was not a grouping which was directed
at any other country. But the exclusion of China as a Mekong countury was
noted by observers in the region.
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; For their part, the
Chinese had opposed the enlargement of the ASEAN+3 (China, Japan and Korea)
grouping by arguing that India did not figure in the geographical sweep
of&nbsp; such a cooperative endeavor.
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