| Summary/Abstract |
China has always been a difficult society to understand because of its opaque, secretive
and authoritarian political system, and insights into its functioning and what drives
its behaviour are still far from definitive. Ensuring an accurate understanding of China
is a task of the greatest consequence for India. This requires the marshalling of all our
intellectual, intelligence and strategic resources and expanding our skill set. The stakes
involved are such that we need an authentic Indian perspective on China. We cannot
see China through the eyes of others. We have a rich body of expertise on China based
on the collective experience of our serving and retired diplomats as well as the expanding
study of China in our academic institutions and the growing body of Indian students in
China. This represents a large and invaluable resource.
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