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Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Chinese thinktank hails Narendra Modi as 'India's Nixon'

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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