Dragon-elephant tango | The Indian Express

Dragon-elephant tango | The Indian Express

Written by Luo Zhaohui |Updated: April 4, 2019 1:00:46 am

The writer is China’s ambassador to India.

Dragon-elephant tango

Matters like the listing of the Security Council 1267 Committee should not curb growing India-China ties

President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi initiated “hometown diplomacy” and put huge efforts into bilateral relations. (Yan Yan/Xinhua via AP)

The Imperial Hotel in New Delhi is much favoured by the Chinese because of its close bond to the People’s Republic of China. After the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and India on April 1, 1950, the hotel was rented as a temporary chancery for Chinese diplomats for three years. The first batch of Chinese diplomats started their mission from scratch and made a great contribution to laying the foundation of China-India relations. As a Chinese saying goes, “A man seldom reaches the age of 70 years in ancient times.”