Good Fences Make Good NeighborsDespite head to head standoffs, as seen in the disputed Doklam region in 2017, China dwarfs India from a military perspective and India could ill afford any serious escalation. India is a thriving market for the high-tech Chinese giants of communications and surveillance that have come under regulatory threat in recent months for alleged national security concerns. India is an enormous market for infrastructure procurements and also one of the world's leading markets for AI skills. And here we have India, a vast market for consumers, corporations and skills, right on China's doorstep. Accelerating ties between China and India would position the Chinese high-tech manufacturers extremely favorably as India continues to build out its infrastructure.

Source: Forbes January 02, 2019 14:15 UTC