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Some thoughts on Indian foreign minister S. Jaishankar's unusually frank and direct speech on what's ailing India-China relations and what can be done about it. THREAD https://www.mea.gov.in/Speeches-Statements.htm?dtl/33419/Keynote+Address+by+External+Affairs+Minister+at+the+13th+All+India+Conference+of+China+Studies
1/ This speech seems significant because though analysts have written extensively about Indian grievances vis a vis China (including me, https://southasianvoices.org/shedding-the-dogmas-in-indias-china-policy/), this is the first public acknowledgement from the Indian govt of the wide gamut of irritants in one speech.
2/ Jaishankar has said this before but reiterating that border issues can no longer be divorced from the broader relationship as the Ladakh standoff enters the new year settles once & for all that there is no going back to the way things were & there is a new normal in 
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3/ The 8 principles/propositions are interesting as they seem to lay out from the Indian perspective the rules of engagement between two rising powers. They are both a statement of Indian intent as well as resolve to pursue its interests, even if that means bumping against China.
4/ Jaishankar ended with: "The India-China relationship is today truly at a crossroads. Choices that are made will have profound repercussions [...] Respecting the three mutuals and observing those eight principles that I spoke about will surely help us make the right decisions."
5/ I read these last few lines of the speech as almost a warning. But a warning is effective only if a country has the means to impose costs if its desired outcome does not pan out. What I'll be watching for is if India makes serious moves to build such capabilities. /END
