China is a South Asian country, sharing borders with 14 countries including India. Its significance lies in its rise in the region and hegemonic influence over smaller countries through loans and the Belt and Road Initiative. China and India have fought a major war in the 60s and have disputes over the Aksai Chin and LAC, and tensions over the Indo-Pacific.
May the dire warnings not come to pass. Dr Singh once said Asia is large enough to accommodate the rise of both China and India. The world is large enough to make place for both the United States and China as a near equal. 50% of global growth since 2008 has come from China. Some – or a lot – of it has been fuelled by debt, not always sustainable. However, that same criticism could also be applied to the creation of liquidity by central banks in the west and large budget deficits. 2. It will be better for the world to make place for China, see it as a force for good. It is no longer manipulating its currency, spends enormous amounts – about $ 280 billion – on R & D, sends a hundred million tourists abroad. In some ways, the dragon is a mightier beast than the Soviet Union which the US faced during the Cold War. Miscalculation could spell catastrophe.