Jaishankar described as a "reasonable supposition" to expect some improvement in the relations between India and China following the last round of disengagement but hesitated to say that there could be a reset of the ties.
India should encourage the second coming of SAARC with climate change as an urgent agenda and keeping Indian security concerns in mind as the subtext, suggest Lieutenant General Ashok Joshi (retd) and Colonel Anil Athale (retd).
In spite of irritants and hiccups in the relationship, a few deliverables are expected of the prime minister's visit to China, says Rup Narayan Das.
In a rare gesture, China's official media in Beijing on Tuesday extended its biggest coverage to an Indian political event projecting Narendra Modi's takeover as Prime Minister as a harbinger of "big boost" to China-India relations.
Chinese President Hu Jintao has said that Beijing regards its relationship with New Delhi as one of the most important bilateral ties.
'The future of BRICS is under stress as Chinese attempts to expand the platform are being resisted by India and Brazil.' 'Beijing is focused on a quick expansion with the aim of giving the platform a distinctly anti-Western orientation, which New Delhi and Brasilia seem to have no interest in,' notes Harsh V Pant.
'Economy is leading the way as far as the relationship between the two countries is concerned'.
Sheela Bhatt, who is travelling with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on his two-nation visit, analyses the outcome of crucial talks between the PM and his Chinese counterpart in Beijing.
The interim budget 2024-25 on Thursday allocated Rs 202868.70 crore to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) with the highest share of funds going to the paramilitary forces like Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF) and Central Industrial Secular Force (CISF), showing priority on internal security and border guarding.
India and China have some striking similarities and quite deep differences.
The exercise, titled 'Hand-in-Hand 2007' reflecting warmer military ties, got off to the start with Chinese soldiers demonstrating skills in Hard Qigong martial arts, including self-defence actions.
According to The New York Times, a Chinese military spokesman said the countries were unable to agree on a location for the drills.
National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra will meet Senior Vice Minister of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Dai Bingguo in New Delhi on Thursday.
Highlighting India's achievements in the field of information technology, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Thursday suggested an "effective alliance" between India and China in the IT sector.
The reopening of the trade route through Nathu Pass will give boost to tourism and export-oriented activities, Pawan Chamling said.
The tense atmosphere between India and China has changed for good after the Copenhagen summit, claimed a top-level source dealing with the Chinese in Indian government.
With Copenhagen summit providing India and China the much-needed turn around in their relations after a public spat over Arunachal Pradesh, the two sides will try to use External Affairs Minister S M Krishna's April 5 visit to firm up the understanding and not let tensions return to haunt their ties.
China also welcomed the recent statement made by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee in Bangkok.
More than 200 Indian companies have invested in China.
Suggesting Sino-India relations have implications for the world at large, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday pitched for "greater substance and further depth" in bilateral ties.
He is due to call on Premier Li Keqiang later on Thursday and hold talks with China's Public Security Minister Guo Shengkun, who is also the State Councillor in the CPC, a rank above the minister.
A close scrutiny of speeches and documents during Chinese premier Li Keqiang visit indicate that, while there are gains for both Beijing and New Delhi, overall China's diplomacy scored more points, says Srikanth Kondapalli.
Ahead of his visit to Beijing, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said India-China relations are in "very good shape" and negotiations are underway to resolve the "complicated" border issue.
China on Thursday said its joint military exercise with India next month is not targeted at any "third party" and expressed the hope that it would enhance mutual trust between the two neighbours.
'The real issue between India and China is that the Chinese have transgressed along the Line of Actual Control at multiple points.'
A visiting delegation from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China and Indian industry on Monday decided to study the feasibility of laying a natural gas pipeline across the two countries.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Monday proposed collaboration between India and China in global fora like World Trade Organisation and G-20 and in the financial sector, as top planners of the two countries had a "productive" round of talks at the first Strategic Economic Dialogue in Beijing.
The Tibet issue should not become a barrier in the bilateral relations between India and China, Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile Professor Samdhong Rinpoche said on Tuesday.
Maintaining that resolution of the Tibetan issue was vital for betterment of Indo-China ties, the Dalai Lama on Saturday favoured "genuine friendship" between the two Asian giants, rekindling the Hindi-Chini bhai bhai spirit.
The agency had received Rs 946.51 crore to manage its affairs in the Budget Estimates for 2023-24, which was later increased to Rs 968.86 crore in the Revised Estimates.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has allocated a total of Rs 1,03,802.52 crore to the Central Armed Police Forces like the Border Security Force, Central Reserve Police Force and Indo-Tibetan Border Police. The amount is an increase of 7.1 per cent from the last year when the forces got Rs 92,848.91 crore.
India said on Friday that economics will be the driving factor in its relationship with China and trade between the two countries is expected to double to $20 billion by 2010.\n\n\n\n
When the armoured vehicles arrive in this 'kill zone', each PALM 400 picks out its target and fires an armour-penetrating projectile, penetrating it from the top where its armour protection is the least.
He said China has accrued significant capacities for force mobilisation, application, and sustenance of military operations and maintained the long-pending boundary issue can not be divorced from bilateral relations between the two Asian giants.
The Confederation of Indian Industry will launch a Web site on India-China economic cooperation next week, coinciding with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's visit to that country.
He said Pakistan to take cue from the approach that India and China have adopted to resolve their differences.
'The 2017 Doklam stand-off in Bhutan, the 2018 Maldives crisis, and the 2020 Nepal Kalapani border dispute shows how Beijing has shot off these countries' shoulders to target India.'
