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Amidst the fast-developing poisonous hatred of the 21 century “world wars”, the joint geopolitical plan by Nato and the European Union to overwhelm both Russia and Ukraine, the wholesale retaliatory bombing by Israel in the Gaza Strip and the terror strikes by Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis, the India-China bilateral imbroglio has lingered on for seven decades and appears completely insoluble and irreversible. As long as the Communist Party of China maintains its vice-like grip on the land of the Dragons, New Delhi’s duel with Beijing is bound to continue. Amid the ongoing general election in India, President Xi Jinping has sent a new ambassador to New Delhi, Xu Feihong, after the post was left vacant for 18 months following the departure of his predecessor Sun Weidong, to take charge of the “Forbidden City” like embassy building in Delhi’s Shanti Path.

China obviously didn’t want to be unrepresented as a new Government of India takes charge in early June, not so much for diplomatic reasons but due to the Dragon’s own economic self-interest and its aspirations to global supremacy. Irrespective of whether the incumbent government is re-elected or a new team of ministers takes charge at South Block, the Dragon would like to ensure that it makes the right diplomatic gestures, for the optics if nothing else. It might find things a little easier if it has to continue to deal with the same set of people, but in case a new team takes over it might need a fresh angl.



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