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Home Minister Shivraj Patil greeting a Chinese army officer during his visit to the India-China border at Nathu La in Sikkim on April 4, 2005.-RUPAK DE CHOWDHURI/REUTERS

Beyond boundaries

Continued peace along the LAC, gradual attenuation of the extreme claims on extended boundaries, and the adoption of a political approach that has eas

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao on the sidelines of the 10th ASEAN summit in Vientiane on November 30.-AFP

Hastening slowly

There is forward movement, however slow, in setting direction for clearing away the blocks in the India-China relationship. But, India has still to co

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Vajpayee with Chairman of the Central Military Commission and former President Jiang Zemin in Beijing.-FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP

A new phase

The promise of the Vajpayee visit is that what has been achieved will be institutionalised and regularised, that both sides will now look to the big p

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The long march ahead

China is now ready with a new leadership, new policies and a new political philosophy to achieve its developmental goals and to take on a more asserti

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Setting new sights

At the historic point of its turning 80, the Communist Party of China is all set to have a new generation of leaders at the top to take forward the co

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