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NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be making two visits to China within a short span — to meet President Xi Jinping at the Chinese leaders’ invitation next week and to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in June.
The announcement for the April 27-28 meeting was made by China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi at a joint media event with India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in Beijing on Sunday.
The summit meeting in Wuhan city has been planned to improve bilateral relations, Wang said. Swaraj is in China for talks with Mr Wang and to take part in the two-day meeting of foreign ministers of the eight-nation SCO from April 23.
Informed sources told Press Trust of India that it would be an informal summit meeting between Xi and Modi during which both leaders would try to work out a new paradigm for the ties bogged down with a host of disputes and differences.
This will be fourth visit of Modi to China after he came to power in 2014. He is again due to visit China to take part in the SCO summit to be held at Qingdao city on June 9-10. That visit will be closely watched also to see if he gets to find time to meet his Pakistani counterpart on the margins of the summit.
The Modi-Xi summit meeting is taking place against the backdrop of a series of high-level interactions between the two countries, starting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang’s visit to India in December, the first after Doklam standoff.
It was followed by two meetings between National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi and the visit early this year by Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale to Beijing.
Published in Dawn, April 23rd, 2018
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Apr 23, 2018 08:41am
India and China are the fastest growing economies in the world, so its natural they have a lot in common. Worrying times for Pakistan.
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Apr 23, 2018 08:47am
Modi will give offer to Xi: $150 Billion business from India vs $60 Billion from Pakistan, what do you want?
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Apr 23, 2018 08:51am
India and china will be the new superpowers of the world.
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Apr 23, 2018 09:01am
Powers should talk.
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Apr 23, 2018 09:41am
What happens to pakistan if India and China normalise there ties? As per reports China is prepared to invest over 200 billion dollars in India as it thinks it's a safe place to invest, China today is sitting on more then 1.8 trillion dollars and looking for safe avenues to deploy this capital, CPEC is not exactly panning out as they thought it would be , there are also fears in Chinese think tanks about pakistan's ability to pay back.
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Apr 23, 2018 09:46am
Good for the region. If India and China can find some common ground then it can be a saving Grace for today's turbulent world
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Apr 23, 2018 09:52am
China & India will be the global powers along with US & EU in a Unipolar world. The two nations are mature enough to understand that they have a lot to gain from each other by being friends and a lot to lose by being enemies.
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Apr 23, 2018 10:07am
Good .. peace peace and peace is requirement of the day .Also Development ,uplifting of poverty and Spreading Love .. Hope china will reduce bulling with there neighbors with there land disputes . Either with India or vietnam /Phillipines /Bhutan or Taiwan and many more countries ..
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Apr 23, 2018 10:08am
Since Dokalam issue both countries has been working together. China has been supporting India on world forums in last 6 months and same is done by India. After American markets are almost shut for Chinese products, it is looking for Indian market now. India also can get benefit from Chinese market. May be Pakistan need to worry if same level of cooperation keeps growing between these two countries.
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Apr 23, 2018 10:09am
China has finally coming to terms with India.
It has understood, it is not Nehru's India but Modi's India.
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Apr 23, 2018 10:38am
Now Modi has realised that China is next World power. He is going to China to say sorry. Trump won't like it.
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Apr 23, 2018 10:54am
China should understand, China can't do business in dominating attitude with India. India's Modi is in position to give befitting reply to China, the way China Understands. Moreover India don't need any AID or Loan from any country, whereas India is sitting on huge Foreign Exchange reserves.
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Apr 23, 2018 11:15am
Bad news for our neighbor.
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Apr 23, 2018 11:19am
Two ancient civilizations should come together to make the world a beautiful place to live in. The knowledge and wisdom we have preserved over the millennia should help us do the wonders. Peace must prevail.
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Apr 23, 2018 11:51am
Narendra Modi after staring down China in the Doklam standoff is now holding out the olive branch.
India needs Chinese investments and China needs India to stay away from a full-fledged alliance with the US, Japan and Australia in an attempt to contain it.
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Apr 23, 2018 11:59am
Money in India, Money in China. Money for the World.
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Apr 23, 2018 12:01pm
@Saif Zulfiqar and vice versa!
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Apr 23, 2018 12:04pm
@Saif Zulfiqar
superb sarcasam
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Apr 23, 2018 12:42pm
India has to work with China and Pakistan axis through solving their mutual disputes of Kashmir and borders, otherwise nothing will move.
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Apr 23, 2018 12:51pm
@Patrick not india china and pak
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Apr 23, 2018 01:03pm
I think both India and China have realised a simple truth that by working together they can achieve so much. They both need each other. This symbiotic relationship can lead to the Asian century. The best part is both are very pragmatic. They think from their minds, not their hearts (as some countries do).
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Apr 23, 2018 01:21pm
China India rapprochement can only be good for the region including Pakistan
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Apr 23, 2018 01:24pm
There are disputes,they had war, compition but still talking, visiting each other doing huge business with each other.its business and communication and majority Will ensure peace in future.
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Apr 23, 2018 01:35pm
@rajendra You have hit the nail on the head, but come to the wrong conclusion. It is for the very reason that both see each other as the natural numero uno in every sense that their competitive juices will ensure they remain rivals, and increasingly heavily armed and bellicose at that.
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Apr 23, 2018 02:15pm
There is enough room for all countries to cooperate and grow, as confrontation benefits nobody. China and India are mature countries with professional diplomats well tuned to looking for opportunities rather than get bogged down in disputes. Fast growing economies and markets are irresistible to investors in the current low growth global environment. Playing the zero sum game is the strategy of losers.
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Apr 23, 2018 02:16pm
Highly unlikely that Modi will be meeting Abbasi at Shanghai except a formal hand shake despite Xi & his team trying to engineer some thing like that to pat their own backs.
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Apr 23, 2018 02:22pm
Let there be peace every body will prosper
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Apr 23, 2018 02:41pm
It is commercial meeting and Xi is also bound to China Commercial Council commitments.
USA is no longer favoring China. Europe is not much favorable rather slow market with strict quality norms.
Russia is not so open to world. Sometimes it is wise to analyze current situation rather than take actions.
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Apr 23, 2018 02:50pm
That Picture says it all !
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Apr 23, 2018 02:52pm
Modi have no other choice.
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Apr 23, 2018 02:54pm
@Chanakya "Modi will give offer to Xi: $150 Billion business from India vs $60 Billion from Pakistan, what do you want?"
Nope. USD 500 billion worth new business with China and more access to Indian markets vs USD 60 billions in loan to Pakistan and the potential for CPEC. This reminds me of PM Modi's first visit to Pakistan where Nawaz Sharif was expected to enjoin more bilateral and trade relations, but got shot down by our establishment. Would the Chinese be as dense as that - I would expect not. If they really value Pakistan and CPEC that much, then the Chinese would refuse - but then can any country today afford to refuse the world's largest middle-class market?
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Apr 23, 2018 02:56pm
Why is China not inviting the Pakistan PM?
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Apr 23, 2018 04:05pm
After all the talks of two front war now ready to go to china for talk
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Apr 23, 2018 09:50pm
@Saif Zulfiqar I can understand your restlessness.
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Apr 23, 2018 10:48pm
Sorry Indians, CPEC is not just about money. Its about Gawadar port that India dont have. Modi in a desperate attempt is trying to lure Chinese with money which china dont need.
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Apr 24, 2018 05:16am
@ALIEN1 USA is the super power.
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Apr 25, 2018 03:33pm
India and China can be friends forever. Hindi Chini Bhai Bhai
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