China is so isolated it has a trade surplus with you and you all are welcoming their FM with open arms. LOL kya chutya mulk tum log ho.
Does China want that to change? I would think not. There are many things that matter in bilateral diplomacy.
India wants to like China. India wants to continue working with China if China wants to continue working with India. India does not like war. I don’t think China does either. We like our peace, but we also prefer to hold on to our property.
Despite the rhetoric here, even as recent as 2018, we had VC firms in India actively channelling Chinese investments. Chinese investors were only too keen — that even small VC firms and accelerators could rope in names like Ali Baba. People to people contact exploding massively (much more than earlier) the moment (if) normalcy resumes is an absolute given.
India and China are both large nations with strong economic drivers and skilled labour pools. There’s a lot more to be gained from cooperation than aggression.
Especially at this time when international policy is working against China — a whole lot worse than they were prepared for. Russian aggression and the unprecedented western response that followed in its wake — introduced a whole new set of complex realities for Asian powers. Lines have been crossed with a lot less hesitancy than we thought possible.
I think the Chinese apparatus is very cognizant of this fact. There are significant and active lobbyists on both sides pushing for normalcy in our bilateral relationship. If you need some indication of this — the ‘request for visit’ by the Chinese FM (and subsequent visit including the conciliatory tones) works as a soft proof.