By Saibal Dasgupta
THE TIMES OF INDIA | May 21, 2014
BEIJING:
A Chinese government thinktank has welcomed prime minister-designate
Narendra Modi as "India's Nixon" who would hugely expand business with
China. It also described Modi's approach towards governance as "very
close to Chinese practices".
In 1972, US president Richard
Nixon's visit to the Communist nation was dubbed as "the week that
changed the world" and had significant geopolitical ramifications that
included a shift in the Cold War balance, bringing China and the US
together.
Chinese government expert with the Shanghai Institute
for International Practices, Liu Zongyi, contesting fears in some
Chinese quarters that Modi could be autocratic, said, "As a right-winger
in Indian politics, Modi is more likely to become India's 'Nixon' who
will further propel the China-India relationship... Modi's governance
style and philosophy are very close to Chinese practices." Nixon is still admired in China for breaking the deadlock between the two countries in the 1970s.
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