China Against Global
War on Terror
Nidhu Bhusan Das
China has again,naturally,done it - blocked the listing of Jaish-e- Mohammad Chief Masood Azhar as a “global terrorist” at the UNSC Resolution 1267 sanctions committee.China Wednesday did it at Pakistan’s behest.This is consistent with Chinese policy to support genocide,terrorism for expansionist gains.Beijing supported genocide of Pakistan in Bangladesh way back in 1971.They have shielded Azhar the fourth time in ten years.
For Beijing,Pakistan can never do any wrong insofar as Islamabad serves their geo-political interests and further their expansionist designs.China stands to gain in respect of their territorial expansion, preventing Islamic fundamentalist uprising in their Xinjiang province with this unflinching support to Pakistan and Ajhar.So,Beijing does not hesitate to go against the global war against terrorism.
Jaish-e-Mohammad owned up the February 14 Pulwama terror attack that left 40 CRPF personnel dead.New Delhi launched diplomatic offensive against Islamabad which harbours,trains terrorists and sends them to India to kill and terrorise Indians.
All the veto-wielding powers except China were active to get Azhar designated as a global terrorist.Not only this,the proposal this time had the impressive number of co-sponsors — 13 in all. Besides the US, UK, France and Germany, other co-sponsors were Poland, Belgium, Italy, Bangladesh, Maldives, Bhutan, Equatorial Guinea, Japan and Australia. While some of them were at the UNSC as non-permanent members, others came as UN members. This reflected the support India had this time.
