Modi and Xi can’t bridge the India-China divide by themselves
Building trust requires tackling deep-seated misgivings among bureaucrats and citizens. Easing visa restrictions, facilitating dialogue and collaborating on shared goals are the places to start
Even so, such sanguine signals were soon drowned out by a spate of downbeat headlines. One recent story warned of the “asymmetric” relationship between the two, with China’s manufacturing dwarfing India’s. Another reported Delhi’s renaming of 28 sites in Ladakh, situated near the heavily contested Line of Actual Control.
