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Future of India-U.S.-China triangle will be invention-based: expert

KOCHI: The competition among India, China and the United States will not be for natural resources such as oil and gas but for intelligence and creating knowledge that spark inventions, said Yan Xuetong of the Tsinghua University, China.

The future will be based not on technology but on knowledge that will be put to creative use to make inventions, he said here on Wednesday at the concluding session of the three-day conference on the “India-China-U.S.A. Triangle,” convened by Centre for National Renaissance, New Delhi.

He also called for discussions on global issues such as environmental concerns that would be dominating talks among countries in the near future. He suggested that environmental concerns be discussed at the next meeting of the Triangle.

A statement issued at the end of the meeting said that the deliberations would continue through further interactions, “if possible on an annual basis.”

The statement, read out by N. Ram, Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu, also noted the interest shown by participants from the Tsinghua University for holding the next conference on the topic in Beijing.

On future research areas, there were several suggestions. Subramanian Swamy, former Union Minister for Commerce and Chairman, Centre for National Renaissance, New Delhi, said that terrorism should be a topic for discussions.

Mr. Ram, who also chaired the concluding session, said that mass deprivation should be another area for discussions. M. D. Nalapatt, Professor of Geopolitics, Manipal University, wanted non-proliferation to be discussed. Tang Lu of the Xinhua News Agency, commenting on the proceedings over the three days, said that the media played a big role in fostering good relations.

Roderick Macfarquhar of Harvard University said that India could relax about improving Sino-U.S. relations because better relations between the two countries meant better world atmosphere that would be advantageous to India too. He was making a presentation on Sino-U.S. Relations and India at the seventh session of the conference.

Professor Macfarquhar said that neither India nor China needed to worry about any of them getting closer to the U.S. This is a Cold War worry, pointing out that China would continue to be a major focus for the United States.

He said that China enjoyed enormous respect among the world community but this respect would remain partial until China evolved a more liberal system.

Salman Haidar, former Foreign Secretary, was the discussant at the session, chaired by Merle Goldman of the Harvard University.

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