India versus China is also Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam versus One Belt One Road

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As Chinese President Xi Jinping has decided to skip the G20 summit, the negotiators of India and China are in talks about the One Belt, One Road concept to be part of a joint communique, while India wants Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam to be included as well. So, while the Russia-Ukraine war has polarised the G20 grouping for the last nine months, India and China are negotiating on the text to put their own philosophical imprint on the final summit declaration. Beijing has moved an idea that India’s theme, “One Earth, One Family, One Future”, is actually inspired from China’s “One Belt,...