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    345 : China-India Talks: Elusive ‘Strategic’ Consensus

    P S Suryanarayana

    21 September 2016

    Chinese President Xi Jinping has placed a premium on the bilateral economic aspects of the Sino-Indian Strategic and Cooperative Partnership, while calling for joint political efforts to improve the governance of global economy. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, by contrast, tends to prioritise the bilateral political aspects of this partnership, while aligning with China for a few multilateral economic choices.