India should not overreact but objectively evaluate China's tough stance against India NSG membership, China's state-run Global Times reported on Monday.

"The Indian public seems to be having a hard time accepting the outcome of the Seoul plenary meeting of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) late last month after India failed to gain entry into NSG," a remark in an oped-page article in Global Times read.    

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The state-owned newspaper directly accused India of being stuck in the shadow of the past war fought with China. It also claimed that New Delhi has a narrow-minded geopolitical view that the Chinese government does not support India's economic rise.

The open editorial argued that New Delhi has completely misunderstood Beijing, claiming that China no longer looks India from a political perspective, but from an economic one. It said that several regions and provinces are seeking investment opportunities in the fast-growing India.    

The article also took a swipe at the nationwide protest In India against China's NSG stance. "Some activists even took to the streets in protest against China and Chinese products and some observers said the incident would freeze the China-India relationship," the article reads.

The article reiterated China's stand that India must sign a Nuclear Proliferation Treaty (NPT) before joining the NSG. However, New Delhi has still not signed with the NPT, and experts claim India is unlikely to sign the treaty.

Indian media and political parties across the spectrum heavily criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government for failing to secure the NSG membership. Many have described the Modi government's failure to convince China on the NSG membership as a major foreign policy failure.

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