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Modi-Xi summit: Can India celebrate 'success' at Wuhan, cautiously?

Interpretation of what transpired at Wuhan between India and China depends entirely on the bias of the person making the interpreter

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping inside a house boat in Wuhan, China. (Photo: PTI)
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping inside a house boat in Wuhan, China. (Photo: PTI)

Abhijit Iyer-Mitra
What does one make of the Wuhan Summit? The usual partisans are out either panning it or praising it. The answer probably lies somewhere in between, a complex multi-causal matrix. What is surprising is that this summit actually holds the kernel of great promise, if and only if, India has the will and institutional memory to follow through. Alas as we know, lack of delivery and loss of direction are the bane of Indian policy making.

From Xi's standpoint this summit was offered as a patch-up but in reality, as China's need to "face-save" goes it was a victory. Much