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15 December 2010
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Chinese PM Wen Jiabao is due to begin a three-day official visit to India aimed at boosting trade ties between the two countries.
China is India's largest trading partner; two-way trade volumes is set to touch $60bn during this fiscal year.
The two nations fought a brief border war in 1962, but ties have improved.
Tensions remain, however, between the rising powers over their shared 3,500-km (2,170-mile) border, decades on from the conflict, which China won.
India and China fought a brief war in 1962 and parts of the border between the two countries are still in dispute.
Mr Wen will be holding talks with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna and the ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during his visit.
In October he told Mr Singh on the sidelines of a regional meeting in Hanoi that there was "enough space" in the world for both countries to develop.
Mr Wen - the first Chinese premier to visit India in four years - is expected to be accompanied by 400 businessmen.
"Economic ties constitute literally the bedrock of our relations .. Both sides are keen to further enhance mutually beneficial trade and are looking at new initiatives," an Indian foreign ministry spokesman was quoted as saying by Reuters news agency.
'Not flattering' Though bilateral trade is booming and China is India's largest trading partner, analysts say the relationship is not flattering for India.
"India faces a ballooning trade deficit with China and the dumping of Chinese goods that is systematically killing local manufacturing .. Mr Wen comes with a huge trade delegation to fortify this asymmetrical relationship," said Indian strategic affairs analyst Brahma Chellany.
Defence ties between the two countries also strained in August when India cancelled defence exchanges with China after Beijing refused a visa to a Kashmir-based general.
Last year, India protested against the Chinese practice of issuing visas to Kashmiris on separate pieces of paper, unlike the standard visas it offered to other Indians. China gave no explanation for the move.
China is also strongly critical of India for granting residence to the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.
It is also close to India's traditional foe, Pakistan, with whom it is cooperating on military and missile development, cross-border infrastructure, and a deep-water port.
"Relations are very fragile, very easy to be damaged and very difficult to repair. Therefore they need special care in the information age." China's envoy to India, Zhang Yan, told reporters ahead of Mr Wen's visit.
Mr Wen will travel to India's nuclear-armed neighbour, Pakistan, for a two-day official visit after completing his India trip.
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China is India's largest trading partner; two-way trade volumes is set to touch $60bn during this fiscal year.
The two nations fought a brief border war in 1962, but ties have improved.
Tensions remain, however, between the rising powers over their shared 3,500-km (2,170-mile) border, decades on from the conflict, which China won.
India and China fought a brief war in 1962 and parts of the border between the two countries are still in dispute.
Mr Wen will be holding talks with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna and the ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during his visit.
In October he told Mr Singh on the sidelines of a regional meeting in Hanoi that there was "enough space" in the world for both countries to develop.
Mr Wen - the first Chinese premier to visit India in four years - is expected to be accompanied by 400 businessmen.
"Economic ties constitute literally the bedrock of our relations .. Both sides are keen to further enhance mutually beneficial trade and are looking at new initiatives," an Indian foreign ministry spokesman was quoted as saying by Reuters news agency.
'Not flattering' Though bilateral trade is booming and China is India's largest trading partner, analysts say the relationship is not flattering for India.
"India faces a ballooning trade deficit with China and the dumping of Chinese goods that is systematically killing local manufacturing .. Mr Wen comes with a huge trade delegation to fortify this asymmetrical relationship," said Indian strategic affairs analyst Brahma Chellany.
Defence ties between the two countries also strained in August when India cancelled defence exchanges with China after Beijing refused a visa to a Kashmir-based general.
Last year, India protested against the Chinese practice of issuing visas to Kashmiris on separate pieces of paper, unlike the standard visas it offered to other Indians. China gave no explanation for the move.
China is also strongly critical of India for granting residence to the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.
It is also close to India's traditional foe, Pakistan, with whom it is cooperating on military and missile development, cross-border infrastructure, and a deep-water port.
"Relations are very fragile, very easy to be damaged and very difficult to repair. Therefore they need special care in the information age." China's envoy to India, Zhang Yan, told reporters ahead of Mr Wen's visit.
Mr Wen will travel to India's nuclear-armed neighbour, Pakistan, for a two-day official visit after completing his India trip.
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