India Needs to Plan Its Economic Recovery Before it Can Upstage China

Yeh Jo India Hai Na

Jackie Chan wished India all the best in dealing with the Coronavirus crisis. And then there's also a video of Chinese students speaking in Hindi and telling India that they hope we are fighting Covid-19 with all our strength. There’s also a regular twitter offensive from China’s Ambassador to India Mr Sun Weidong empathising with India’s efforts at handling the pandemic.
What’s all this about? Well, simply put, it’s part of a Chinese diplomatic offensive to tackle the massive negative publicity that China has been barraged with over the last few months as world’s top leaders, international media, public health experts have almost unanimously blamed the enormity of the Coronavirus pandemic on China.
Ab Yeh Jo India Hai na…what does India make of all this? Is the Coronavirus crisis going to that point in history, where India is able to get back at China? Reset the equation? Regain lost ground politically and diplomatically? Acquire some economic leverage? What can India do… ? Well unfortunately, the situation is not so simple. Tune in to the full podcast!
VO: Rohit Khanna