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‘India, China could determine global events’

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International conference on India-China-U.S. triangle begins in Kochi

Aim of the meet is to highlight critical issues, says Subramanian Swamy
The next round of the conference will be held at Tsinghua University, China

KOCHI: An international conference on the ‘India-China-U.S. Triangle,’ attended by eminent scholars on the subject, began here on Monday.

The three-day event is being organised by the Centre for National Renaissance, New Delhi, in association with John Fairbank Centre, Harvard University, U.S.; the Institute for International Studies and Centre for China in the World Economy, Tsinghua University, China.

In his address at the inaugural session, Education Minister M.A. Baby said China had built a mutually-beneficial relationship with the U.S. without sacrificing its interests. India’s relationship with the U.S. should also be built without sacrificing the nation’s interests, he said.

Important initiative

Terming the conference a very important initiative, Mr. Baby said the Communist Party of India (Marxist) had a very clear perception about the relationship among India, China and the U.S. The bedrock of the relationship between India and China was its mindset for strategic and economic development. India and China could determine the course of international events in a very big scale through this relationship, he said.

Strategic ties

Subramanian Swamy, chairman of the New Delhi-based Centre for National Renaissance, said the aim of the conference was to highlight critical issues such as the economic and strategic relations between India, China and the U.S.

He said that the conference would deliberate on the bilateral and trilateral relations of these three nations in the coming decades. It would be of extraordinary global interest, as India, China, and the U.S. were the most populous nations of the world, he said.

Highlighting the need to remove misunderstandings between the three nations, Dr. Swamy said the next round of the conference would be held at Tsinghua University in China. It would be an annual conference.

“I am committed to setting up a centre focussing on the India-China-U.S. triangle,” he said.

In his welcome address, G.P.C. Nayar, chairman of the SCMS Group of Educational Institutions, said the conference would discuss various issues related to India, China and the U.S.

Five sessions on the conference theme of India-China-U.S. Triangle will be held on the SCMS campus at Muttom, near here.

Speakers

The speakers include John Garver of Georgia Tech University, U.S.; Yan Xuetong, Director, Institute of International Studies, Tsinghua University; S. Krishnaswamy, former Air Chief Marshal; Pan Zhenjiang, former PLA General, Tsinghua University; Jaswant Singh, former External Affairs Minister; Sujit Dutta of the Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis, India; Roderick Macfarquhar of Harvard University; M.D. Nalapat, Professor of Peace Studies, Manipal University; Sun Zhe of Tsinghua University; Sanjay Baru, Media adviser to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh; Marshal Goldman of Harvard University, U.S.;

Yitzhak Shichor of Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Li Dao Kui, Professor of Economics, Tsinghua University; Penelope Prime of Mercer University, U.S.; Dwight Perkins of Harvard University; S.J. Burki, former Finance Minister of Pakistan; N. Ram, Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu; Tang Lu of Xinhua News Agency, China; Dr. Swamy; Yan Xuetong of Tsinghua University; Salman Haidar, former Foreign Secretary; Merle Goldman of Harvard University; Wang Yijiang of Tsinghua University; Hu Shisheng, Director, South Asia Studies, CICIR, China, and J. Panda of IDSA, India.

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