CHINA-INDIA

 Global Times published an article on China-India relations on January 5, 2015, by Fu Xiaoqiang, Research Fellow and Director, Center for Counter-Terrorism Studies at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR) which is affiliated with China's Ministry of State Security. In the article, Fu Xiaoqiang observed that 'certain new issues might turn into obstacles that block bilateral ties from taking further steps forward'. Briefly, he said: "First, Sino-Indian economic and trade cooperation is not highly merged with shared interests. The trade imbalance has become a new issue in the bilateral economic relations. Resolving it requires the two nations to fully exploit their potential as emerging markets, while making decisions from the perspective of each country's national rejuvenation, in order to promote a shared concept, resource complementarities, connection of the two's development strategies, and a closer partnership". Second, "the basis of Sino-Indian security mutual trust is still not solid. Beijing and New Delhi should properly manage and control their divergences, and accumulate strategic mutual trust step by step....Neither side should wreck the current foundation over a single incident".Third, "the two countries should overcome any possible distraction from third parties. India is now worried that China's development plans in China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and with other South Asian countries are aimed at India. In China, many also believe that New Delhi's military and defense collaboration with Washington and Tokyo might counter Beijing. If there is no communication and attempt to resolve the issues, these factors might easily jeopardize the big picture of the bilateral cooperation".







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