Will the Wuhan 'reset' lead to 'Asian Century'?
The recent "informal" summit between President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, was historic. It was aimed at "resetting" Sino-Indian relationship, which goes back more than two millenniums.
China and India - the second and seventh-largest economies in the world - represent almost 40 percent of the world population. Each is determined to lead the "Asian Century" to drive the engines of global economic growth, while the United States and Europe remain engaged in the 20th century's outdated game of geopolitics with Russia, especially in the Middle East.
The rapid development and modernization of China has, for example, proven that it can govern its affairs locally and globally with more confidence than what India has accomplished over the years.