Tensions with US, Japan won't distract China from border issue with India

(Illustration :GT) “China would like to ‘stabilize’ the Indian front so as to take on the infinitely bigger challenge it confronts in the western Pacific from the United States and Japan,” said Manoj Joshi, distinguished fellow at India-based think tank Observer Research Foundation, in an article published on Tuesday. Joshi said the statement from the Chinese side – hopefully “India will meet China halfway to move the situation toward stability and shift it from urgent dispute settlement to regular management and control” – is a sign that suggests “China was willing to steadily walk away from the forward positions it…