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Article: India, China agree on pact; Nearly 1/3 of the world's people call Asia's emerging powers home
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
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- April 12, 2005
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NEW DELHI (AP) - India and China agreed Monday 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. It also 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.
The United States, which also has courted warmer ties with India,
welcomed efforts by New Delhi and Beijing to find ways of ...