Vajpayee foresaw danger of China’s unchecked rise: USIBC chief US India Business Council chief Nisha Desai Biswal said Vajpayee “saw the importance of a US-India partnership, built on the foundation of our democratic values, to advance a rules-based order that would enable a more peaceful, prosperous and pluralistic Asia”. December 26, 2020 4:28:39 am Nisha Desai Biswal Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was able to foresee what many others couldn’t and anticipated the “potential dangers posed by a rising and unchecked China”, US India Business Council chief Nisha Desai Biswal said Friday. Speaking at the first memorial lecture on Vajpayee’s birth anniversary organised by the Ministry of External Affairs, Biswal—who has served as the US Assistant Secretary of State (equivalent to Joint Secretary in the Indian government)—said Vajpayee “saw the importance of a US-India partnership, built on the foundation of our democratic values, to advance a rules-based order that would enable a more peaceful, prosperous and pluralistic Asia”.