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As Indians received the delayed confirmation of the visit if Chinese President to India on 11-12 October, 2019, the Pakistani President Imran Khan has already wound up his China on 8 October, 2019. Finally Xi Jinping came to India. But as Indian diplomats were articulating the fallout of Modi and Xi Jinping informal summit in Mamallapuram, in the light of China’s ever shifting stand on Kashmir, the Chinese president landed in Nepal on 12 October, 2019 afternoon, giving them more food for thought. China’s these three engagements within a week highlight the three important shades of Indo-China relations as they are unfolding in the post-cold war era- China’s all weather and special strategic ties with Pakistan; China’s persistent efforts to make deep economic and strategic imprints in South Asia; and the efforts of the two countries to ‘manage’ their relations rather than ‘improve’ them within these structural constraints.
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