A report in a national daily has claimed that New Delhi is apparently deliberating on a “graded” — incremental — opening of the Indian economy to China. An economic engagement with China in which India is not placed at a disadvantage is not undesirable. So even a graded opening of India’s domestic economy has to be done without exposing critical and vulnerable sectors to adversarial impacts. Much like India’s trade talks with the US, India’s re-engagement with China in economic terms will be a stern test of Indian diplomacyas well as of the Narendra Modi government’s rhetoric of muscular nationalism. The consequences would be felt within India and outside.

Source: The Telegraph January 13, 2026 02:47 UTC