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India, China to from partnership

NEW DELHI (AP) - India and China agreed April 11 to form a "strategic partnership," creating a diplomatic bond between Asia's two emerging powers that would tie together nearly one-third of the world's population.

The agreement, announced during a South Asia tour by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, reflects a major shift in relations between the two nuclear countries, whose ties have long been defined by mutual suspicion.

China and India, which fought a brief war in 1962 over border disagreements, sealed their agreement with a set of accords aimed at boosting economic ties and ending one long-standing border dispute. Under the agreement, China has recognized the Himalayan territory of Sikkim as a part of India.

The partnership is another step in a charm offensive by Beijing, which is trying to build ties with its neighbors and ensure regional stability for economic growth.

Nevertheless, Wen's visit coincided with a major rise in tensions between China and Japan, with violent anti-Japanese protests in China in part over a Japanese history textbook, which allegedly whitewashes its wartime record.

Shukan ST: April 19, 2005

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World News India, China to from partnership NEW DELHI (AP) - India and China agreed April 11 to form a "strategic partnership," creating a diplomatic bond between Asia's two emerging powers that would tie together nearly one-third of the world's population. The agreement, announced during a South Asia tour by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, reflects a major shift in relations between the two nuclear countries, whose ties have long been defined by mutual suspicion. China and India, which fought a brief war in 1962 over border disagreements, sealed their agreement with a set of accords aimed at boosting economic ties and ending one long-standing border dispute. Under the agreement, China has recognized the Himalayan territory of Sikkim as a part of India. The partnership is another step in a charm offensive by Beijing, which is trying to build ties with its neighbors and ensure regional stability for economic growth. Nevertheless, Wen's visit coincided with a major rise in tensions between China and Japan, with violent anti-Japanese protests in China in part over a Japanese history textbook, which allegedly whitewashes its wartime record. Shukan ST: April 19, 2005 (C) All rights reserved