‘China wants global public opinion confused about India’
The Hindu
Indian negotiators have an edge with flexible diplomacy, says former Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale
The Chinese hide behind diplomatic walls to deploy an array of tools not available to democracies, said former Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale on Wednesday, remarking that the flexibility displayed by Indian negotiators can accord them an edge over their Chinese counterparts reluctant to engage with informal diplomacy. A veteran diplomat and a China expert, Mr. Gokhale, who served as Ambassador to Germany and China besides several high-level appointments, was speaking on his recent book The Long Game: How the Chinese Negotiate with India in a talk organised by the Pune International Centre and chaired by diplomat Gautam Bambawale, who was also a former Ambassador to China.More Related News
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