> “When I first met President Xi Jinping, I was attracted to him because President Xi is one of the few outstanding leaders who talks about civilisation. In a sense, he is unique,” he was quoted as saying.
But last year we had a headline like "Malaysia rejects new China map claiming entire South China Sea":
* https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/31/malaysia-rejects-ne...
Curious to see how the ocean dispute will play into this.
India and China were shooting at each other over long-disputed borders a few years ago. BRICS was never a security pact. (To the extent it means anything, it’s analogous to the OECD.)
Hell, it’s easier for me in America to do business with either China or India than it is for them to do business with each other.
I don't see how you can make that claim from such a distance.
I am travelling to India on a tourist visa in November and again in December. (I have family in India.) That literally hasn’t been possible from China for two years [1].
It’s also easier to do money transfers between China and India through the U.S., because both have capital controls and both flag large transactions with the other. (I do more business in India than China, but there aren’t many hurdles.)
[1] https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/india-tourist-visa-chi...