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    360 : China-India Talks: Some Signals to Pakistan

    P S Suryanarayana

    25 October 2016

    For China, its on-going multi-dimensional dialogue with India is not a pastime but a serious business of foreign policy, thereby necessitating close Chinese attention towards India's concerns which include its complaints against Pakistan. This became evident during the meeting between India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Goa on 15 October 2016, as can be gleaned from the official interpretations by the two sides. A litmus test of China's attitude, not just attention, towards India in this regard is yet to come.