60th year of India-China diplomacy

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visit to New Delhi promises a departure from his previous talks in the sense that both the sides now show special concerns to achieve positive results in the areas of their conflict this time. Thus, the Chinese premier said "With our joint efforts, we will be able to take out friendship and cooperation to a higher level in the 21st century”.

Stapled visas, border adjustments cross border river management ,
reviving engagement in military and defence exercises, lowering of trade barriers to further boost the already growing trade volumes and other similar issues thus be addressed in an accommodative manner.

But the most positive impact of this visit relates to considerable improvement in trade and industrial partnership as the Chinese delegation consists of as many as about 400 firms, entrepreneurs and industrial leaders and it is the economic considerations that dominate and actually dictate the policies of various countries in this era of globalization.



For this reason India has recently been the focus of visits of various world leaders from the West ,thanks to India’s growing economy based on strong domestic demand .US president Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy visits thus witnessed India’s strengthening nuclear relation with US and France in some manner.

Needless to say that Chinese Premier visit is being shortly followed by the visit of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.Stress among various countries is thus on enhancing economic relations rather than digging up issues that crop up the baggage of history.



India has a troubled Afghanistan-Pakistan region on its western borders while China’s perceived assertive approaches in the South China sea appear to have become a cause of worry or resistance for the countries in that region. India and China thus needs to adopt a leadership role that may carry forward the interests of the region without hurting the sensitivities of other countries. India and China need to display maturity being dominant powers in their respective areas in the over all regional interest and show accommodative approaches in their areas of conflict.



Both the countries should not forget to constructively address the issue of global terrorism emanating from Afghan-Pak area as well as other terrorist sanctuaries that really concerns them individually as well as jointly.

Likewise the currency issues and trade imbalances should be constructively tackled as a stressed dollar and US issue of bonds also effect the interests of India as well as China. Reforms in the United Nations Security Council should be taken up to give suitable representation to the greater bulk of world’s population deprived of this privilege .This may also lead to apportionment of greater resources for this area standing direly in need of rapid development.