Foreseeing India-China Relations: The 'Compromised Context' of Rapprochement

India-China relations witnessed a new wave of optimism for a progressive and engaging partnership following the Wuhan Summit, the informal 2018 meeting between Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping. Key to this has been continuous exchange of political and official visits from both sides. However, these exch...

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Published in:Asia-Pacific issues 2019-07 (138), p.1-8
Main Authors: Panda, Jagannath P, Baruah, Atmaja Gohain
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cooperation
Diplomacy
Diplomatic & consular services
Exchanging
Foreign policy
Geopolitics
Initiatives
International relations-US
Modi, Narendra
Politics
Posture
Roads & highways
Trump, Donald J
Xi Jinping
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Summary:India-China relations witnessed a new wave of optimism for a progressive and engaging partnership following the Wuhan Summit, the informal 2018 meeting between Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping. Key to this has been continuous exchange of political and official visits from both sides. However, these exchanges might not be sufficient to remove uncertainty and suspicion from their relations. As long as Chinas relationship with the United States remains adversarial, China will embrace India-without guaranteeing that it will not adopt a confrontational posture in the future. Their shifting relations, though suggesting an official longing for an upward trajectory, are based on a compromised context. External circumstances have pushed them to rapprochement, but could also drive them apart. Whether India and China will sustain this rapprochement is difficult to foresee.
ISSN:1522-0966