Ahson Saeed Hasan, The Nation , Lahore. Sultan Ali Barq, Lahore. Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, The Telegraph , Calcutta. India s relations with China have been on a slow mend over the past decade or so, notably after Rajiv Gandhi s visit to Beijing in the mid-Eighties. The Soviet collapse only accelerated this trend.
China has reasons to improve relations with India.
First, it has a clear policy of improving relations with its neighbours that is probably connected to continuing friction with the United States. Second, the border dispute between the two countries has not festered or spread into other bilateral areas. There are no larger strategic conflicts of interest between the two. Third, China is an economic superpower in the making. It has moved far ahead of India on all fronts.