Commentary: A China-India thaw is underway, but flashpoints haven’t gone away

Cătălin Roșioru

China and India are easing tensions, but the sensitive terrain of territorial disagreements and overlapping regional ambitions remains in the way, says Daniel Balazs of the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies. SINGAPORE: “It should be the right choice for China and India to be good-neighbourly friends and partners that help each other succeed, and have the dragon and the elephant dance together,” said Chinese President Xi Jinping at his meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi