From The New York Times:
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India will arrive in Beijing on Sunday for a three-day visit to China, with each country eager to increase bilateral trade, promote mutual friendship and offer reassurances that Asia is big enough to accommodate the ambitions of both rising powers.
Mr. Singh is visiting China for the first time as prime minister, when his government also has drawn closer to Japan and the United States. But Indian officials insist that India is not a proxy for American interests and is not plotting to form alliances to counter China’s rise. India also wants Chinese cooperation on nuclear issues and managing the unrest in Pakistan.
“I have made it clear to the Chinese leadership that India is not part of any so-called contain China effort,” Mr. Singh said last week, the Press Trust of India news agency reported. [Full Text]
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