June 29, 2017

Strategic communication between China and India is necessary for the two countries. The Indian government refused to participate in the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in May this year, which exposed the strategic discord between the two to the international community. Strategic mutual suspicions seem to be increasing. China and India should take efforts to remove and clear the suspicions as soon as possible. Enhancing bilateral trust will greatly benefit Sino-Indian relations and bilateral cooperation in the region.

The content of strategic communication mainly concerns security and development interests in China and India, which can be explained from the bilateral, regional and global levels. It is worth noting that the overlapping areas of security and development interests should be the focus of the two countries' strategic communication.

For security interests, the vital matters at the bilateral level include issues concerning sovereignty and territorial integrity, non-traditional security, military modernization and cyber security, which are likely to worsen in the future.

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