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December 14, 2020
Many ask in New Delhi, why China is in a hurry in Nepal to tie-up a defense deal? What will happen to its new $400 billion agreement with Iran for a 25-year crude oil supply, will it pursue the policy of promoting the new Muslim block of Turkey-Malaysia-Pakistan, whether Russia would finally accept its offer of huge trade deal of purchasing Siberian gas? Few may attempt to answer these loaded issues that too amidst the never-ending death trail of Covid-19 caused by a man-made virus developed in China. During the first six months of its world-wide spread this year, the Chinese president, Li Jinping, adopted a very aggressive posture, but it appears to be increasingly difficult for him to maintain his policy of confrontation, if not belligerent. There is worldwide apprehension that the year-long spell of the Corona Virus of 2020 and its never-ending trail of death will now spilling over to the New Year.