India Needs to Decide What It Wants From Economic Ties With China
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- India and China have increased high-level diplomatic contact ahead of the Brics summit.
- Recent meetings included discussions between their foreign ministers, foreign secretary and national security adviser.
- India is warming relations while remaining uncertain about expanding economic ties with China.
India is moving toward closer diplomatic contact with China just weeks before the Brics summit, but its economic position remains unresolved. External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on July 22 during the East Asia Summit.
Five days later, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri visited China. National Security Adviser Ajit Doval also traveled to Beijing last week for talks on the border.
The contacts suggest warmer relations, yet India remains deeply ambivalent about economic engagement with China. New Delhi is seeking Chinese ties while still weighing how far that relationship should extend.
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Originally published by South China Morning Post in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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