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020			_a9780000989994
041			_aEnglish.
082	0	0	_a327.51054 _bSUR-E
100	1		_aSuryanarayana, P. S. _eauthor. _q(Pisupati Sadasiva),
245	1	4	_aThe elusive tipping point : _bChina-India ties for a new order / _cP. S. Suryanarayana.
250			_aFirst Edition.
260			_aSingapore : _bWorld Scientific, _c2021.
300			_axxiii, 247p.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"The Elusive Tipping Point: China-India Ties for a New Order is a timely foreign-policy-relevant book. This insightful book delves deep into the reasons for frequent diplomatic and strategic crises between Asia's two dynamic ancient civilisations with post-modern capabilities. Set in the context of seventieth anniversary of China-India diplomacy, the spotlight is turned on their complex search for neighbourliness and global good. Often a mirage, the positive tipping point in their state-to-state relations is traced through the past, the present and the potential future. A controversial missed opportunity in the past and a collective-win approach for the present are explored. For Beijing and Delhi, imaginative all-weather dialogue is the best option if they wish to stabilise their engagement for the uncertain future. Despite a deadly clash between their soldiers in June 2020, the two Himalayan neighbours have the opportunity to sustain their summit-level "informal meetings". Conceivable, too, are other avenues of China-India dialogue in a world already shattered by a pandemic called the novel coronavirus disease (COVID). Post-COVID choices beckon"--
546			_aEnglish.
650			_aChina _xForeign relations _zIndia.
650			_aIndia _v21st century _xForeign relations.
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