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India's relations with China heading in a new direction?

All eyes will be on the India-China strategic economic dialogue to be held on April 13-14

Modi and Chinese Premier Xi Jinping at BRICS Summit in Xiamen. Photo: Twitter (@MEAIndia)
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Modi and Chinese Premier Xi Jinping at BRICS Summit in Xiamen. Photo: Twitter (@MEAIndia)

Aditi Phadnis
One of the first actions taken by India’s Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale soon after his appointment was to work the phone and tell the government-funded think tank Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis (IDSA) to call off a conference on “India and China in Asia: Making of a New Equilibrium” that would have discussed the One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative, possibly in a tenor that could have riled China. The IDSA conference is a signature annual event of the institution, to which scholars, academics and military practitioners from all over the world are invited. Cancelling it at the 11th