Posted 2/5/2024, 8:30:02 AM
India Aims to Narrow Power Gap With China Over Next Two Decades As China's Economy Slows
- In the short term, India-China relations will get worse; China will have to untie the knot for relations to improve
- Over 15-20 years, India aims to reduce power asymmetry with China as its global power increases
- Xi Jinping has recentralized power in China like Mao Zedong; this has slowed China's economic growth
- India must seize the opportunity from China's slowing economy to narrow the differential
- India's voice and standing in the world continues to increase; this makes China insecure