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Much more awaits restoration between China and India beyond direct flights
Direct flights between China and India have finally resumed after a five-year hiatus. On October 27, a fully booked flight from Kolkata, India, landed in Guangzhou, China, marking the official resumption of direct air services between the two countries after a suspension of more than five years.A necessary step has been taken toward normalizing relations between the two countries!
However, this is only the first step toward getting China-India relations back on track. There are still many areas of exchange that need to be revived. Over the past five years, various aspects of China-India relations, including visas, academic exchange, cultural engagement, and border trade, have been severely affected or even “frozen.” It can be said that currently, China is essentially “unilaterally opening up” to India, while India has only opened a very small “seam of the door” to China.
It is truly baffling that direct flights have been suspended for over five years between two neighbors. For years, India’s China policy has been constrained by certain cognitive biases. Some Indian politicians stubbornly view China as a “main competitor” or even an “imaginary adversary,” preventing a pragmatic and rational improvement in relations with China.
As a major power with a strong concept of strategic autonomy, India also needs to break free from the role imposed on it by the West in the “Indo-Pacific chess game.” Both China and India possess a rich civilization and strong developmental momentum. It is essential to truly view and handle China-India relations from a strategic and long-term perspective, and people hope to see a “cooperative pas de deux of the dragon and the elephant” rather than a “conflict between the dragon and the elephant.”
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