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The recent announcement of a US-backed rail and shipping project linking India with the Middle East and Europe is seen as a challenge to Beijing's "Belt and Road Initiative."
President Xi's decision is regrettable but it is not in India's interest to allow this snub to either overshadow the relationship or narrow India's strategic options. As ancient civilisational entities and neighbours, both nations have to think long-term and not become trapped in strategic straitjackets that western textbooks offer