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What the Modi Xi meet means for India China Relations (opens the original)
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The two-day BRICS Summit in New Delhi concluded on Sunday. While the focus was obviously on the summit itself, there was also considerable attention on the India-China bilateral dynamic given this was Xi Jinping’s first visit to India in almost 7 years.Modi and Xi held a bilateral meeting on Saturday. I was following some of the coverage, and thought a lot of the analysis was on predictable lines. For example, the two most common questions I found being asked on Indian media were: 1) Can China b
India and China’s Eight Point Consensus on the Boundary Question (opens the original)
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In yesterday’s newsletter, I looked at what India and China had to say in their separate readouts from Tuesday’s 25th round of talks between the Special Representatives, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi.As I wrote, what we gleaned yesterday from the different statements left several questions unanswered. Some of those questions have been answered today.Both sides have released an Eight Point Consensus, listing several ambitious outcomes. The full text fol
Making Sense of India-China Border Talks in Beijing (opens the original)
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On Tuesday (August 25), National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and China’s Foreign Minister (and Politburo member) Wang Yi chaired the 25th round of talks between the Special Representatives (SRs) on the boundary question, in Beijing.Here is a full guide to what each side said and what the takeaways are. Doval also met Vice President Han Zheng, but the meat of the visit was the talks with Wang Yi.UPDATE: A day after the talks, India and China released an Eight Point Consensus on the boundary quest
Hu Shisheng on India-China Border Talks (opens the original)
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India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval is in Beijing. Later today, he will along with Foreign Minister (and Politburo member) Wang Yi chair the 25th round of talks between the Special Representatives of India and China on the boundary question.His visit to Beijing is significant in at least two ways: on managing the Line of Actual Control (LAC) itself, but also laying the groundwork for President Xi’s visit to Delhi, expected on September 12 for the BRICS Summit.Ahead of today’s talks, I s
Not Quiet on the Eastern Front, Trade Dilemmas, and an Innovation Lesson from Beijing (opens the original)
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Welcome back to The India China Newsletter. With President Xi Jinping expected in India for the BRICS Summit roughly a month from today (Aug 11), this issue looks at the state of relations, starting with recent - and apparently ongoing - troubles in the Eastern Sector of the India-China border in Arunachal Pradesh after what has been a period of relative calm on the borders; India’s on-going efforts to grapple with its deep trade dependencies on China; and some notes from Beijing from my recent
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