OPINION | Partners Or Rivals? The Calculated Choreography Of China-India Strategic Dialogue

Between border realities, BRICS ambitions, and an unpredictable United States, New Delhi walks a careful diplomatic tightrope.

Source : PTI

The latest meeting between India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and China’s Executive Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu in New Delhi offers a revealing snapshot of the evolving and still uneasy dynamic between Asia’s two giants. While Beijing projected optimism, urging the two sides to view each other as “partners rather than competitors,” New Delhi’s more measured tone reflected a deeper strategic caution shaped by recent history, geopolitical compulsions,