Wednesday 15 December 2010

INDIA-CHINA RELATIONS

Indian Express

WORKING BOTH WAYS

Pranab Dhal Samanta

Indian Express, December 15, 2010

This time everyone’s making the right noises, at least so far. No outrageous Chinese statement like the one on Arunachal Pradesh before Hu Jintao’s visit or any other diplomatic harshness that could sour Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s trip. The statements have all been forward-looking and, at the same time, realistic. Ahead of the visit, a lot of groundwork has gone into getting the atmospherics right and that’s been made possible at the cost of taking expectations to the lowest point on both sides.But India has done a lot more to set things right in the past year or so, and therefore, it does beg the question: why is New Delhi not pegging its expectations much higher?

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