“India transformed, stronger, indeed a major power: Chinese paper”, The Statesman, January 4, 2024:
“In a rare admission, the Chinese Communist Party’s newspaper “Global Times” has stated “India has achieved outstanding results in economic development and social governance, and its great power strategy has moved from dream to reality.”
Writing an Opinion piece in the newspaper on 2nd January, Zhang Jiadong, director of the Center for South Asian Studies at Fudan University concludes: “India is indeed a major power, and rapid changes in internal and external strategies pose challenges to both itself and the international community.”
“It appears that a transformed, stronger, and more assertive India has become a new geopolitical factor that many countries need to consider,” he wrote…..”
Read the full article at Thestatesman.com