China, India Can Complement Each Other While Competing: Chinese Media

BEIJING: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his three-day official visit to China, a leading daily here said in an opinion piece that the two countries can gain much if they pursue a position complementary towards each other, shedding the distrust they share mutually.

"Anyone with some geopolitical knowledge understands what revolutionary changes would happen to the political and economic landscape in Asia if China and India can join hands to forge ahead," the Global Times said in an article titled "China and India Can Complement Each Other".

"But the people are also aware that there seems always to be a lack of mutual trust between the dragon and the elephant," said the Global Times, which is an English language newspaper of China's state-patronised People's Daily.

The article coincided with Prime Minister Modi's visit to China that began at Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province and the hometown of President Xi Jinping, that will be followed by visits to Beijing and Shanghai.

The article conceded that there were, indeed, some unsustainable factors in the trade structures of China and India, like in the case of textiles where the two countries enjoy the status of top two global exporters.

"To tackle them, the two countries must devise and expand complementarity of their industries," it said, while also spelling out some examples of how the two sides can provide more favourable conditions for each other's competitive industries.
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