April 12, 2005 ☼ Foreign Affairs
This is an archived blog post from The Acorn.
What indeed has happened to the lofty-softy Kuldip Nayar?
Given this background, we need to welcome Premier Wen Jiabao linking a settlement on the boundary issue with the overall trajectory of bilateral ties between India and China today. His visit to India’s Silicon Valley at Bangalore, before touching down in New Delhi, indicates how keen he is to strengthen economic ties with India. He wants to chart a new course of cooperation. Prosperity creates a vested interest in peace. Therefore, he should be doing something positive on the boundary question. Time is a great healer. But the scars of the 1962 wounds still remain. This is not so much to do with India’s defeat but the shattering of its trust in China. Premier Wen should find ways to rebuild that trust. [IE]
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