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While political dialogue has its usefulness, it isn’t clear how dialogue will help when China is using power disparity between two nations to redraw the modus vivendi. Image: AP A strange paradox plagues the status of India-China ties. For such a consequential relationship that may make or mar India’s rise, the debates around it are largely myopic, set across the political and ideological faultlines. India certainly cannot afford not to constantly evaluate and debate threadbare the terms of the relationship, more so as a new government in New Delhi begins another innings with a fresh mandate. Will the third iteration...