Varun Gupta
Divine Books
40/5, Shakti Nagar,
Delhi 110007
India
Ph. No. 011 42351 493
divinebooksindia@gmail.com
Varun Gupta
Divine Books
40/5, Shakti Nagar,
Delhi 110007
India
Ph. No. 011 42351 493
divinebooksindia@gmail.com
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From: "Frank Conlon" <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
To: <H-ASIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 9:16 AM
Subject: H-ASIA: CFP Mapping ESP Frontiers: Bridging Teaching, Research and
Practice, Hong Kong, Dec. 13-16, 2012
> H-ASIA
> April 4, 2012
>
> Call for papers: "Mapping ESP Frontiers: Bridging Teaching, Research and
> Practice", Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, on 13-16
> December 2012
>
> ***********************************************************************
> From: H-Net Announcements <announce@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU>
>
> the First Call for Papers for the Mapping ESP Frontiers: Bridging
> Teaching, Research and Practice: The 1st International Conference of the
> Chinese Association for ESP & The 4th International Conference on ESP in
> Asia Location: Hong Kong
> Call for Papers Date: 2012-06-15
> Date Submitted: 2012-04-02
> Announcement ID: 193668
>
> Joint International Conference
> Mapping ESP Frontiers: Bridging Teaching, Research and Practice
>
> The 1st International Conference of the Chinese Association for ESP & The
> 4th International Conference on ESP in Asia
> 13-16 December 2012
>
> The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
> Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR
>
> Conference registration: 13 December 2012 (Thu)
> Conference: 14-15 December 2012 (Fri-Sat)
> Local tour: 16 December 2012 (Sun)
>
> Pre-conference workshops (Topics to be announced shortly): 12-13 December
> 2012 (Wed-Thu)
>
> Following the success of the 1st Asian ESP Conference held at Chongqing
> University in October 2009, the 2nd ESP in Asia Conference at University
> of Nottingham Ningbo China in October 2010, and the 3rd International
> Conference on ESP in Asia Xian Jiaotong University in October 2011, we are
> very pleased to announce that the 4th International Conference on ESP in
> Asia, in conjunction with the 1st International Conference of the Chinese
> Association for ESP, will be held at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
> Hong Kong SAR, on 13-16 December 2012. The theme of the conference is
> Mapping ESP Frontiers: Bridging Teaching, Research and Practice.
>
> Aims of conference
>
> 1)To bring together scholars, researchers and practitioners in English for
> Specific Purposes in China and other parts of the world to contribute to a
> stimulating and dynamic exchange of ideas in ESP research, practice,
> training and assessment; and
>
> 2)To promote interaction among conference participants so as to expand
> research networks and communication in different ESP settings.
>
> Themes
>
> We invite papers in all aspects of ESP, from teachers, research students,
> researchers, training consultants and practitioners from the industry.
> Conference themes include, but are not limited to:
>
> 1.ESP theories: Development and applications
> 2.ESP teaching: e.g., course or curriculum design, materials design
> and writing, pedagogical innovations
> 3.English in specialized domains in ESL/EFL contexts
> 4.ESP research: Approaches, methods and findings
> 5.ESP testing and assessment
> 6.ESP practice: Challenges and rewards, English in the professions in
> multilingual and multicultural contexts
> 7.EAP/ESP within a World Englishes paradigm
>
> Invited plenary speakers
> Prof. Vijay Bhatia, President, Asia-Pacific LSP & Professional
> Communication Association, Hong Kong SAR
>
> Prof. Cai Jigang, Fudan University, China; Vice Chair, National Advisory
> Committee on College Language Teaching; Deputy Director, ESP committee of
> China Foreign Languages Education Association, China
>
> Dr. John Read, The University of Auckland, New Zealand; President,
> International Language Testing Association
>
> Prof. Elena Tognini-Bonelli, The Tuscan Word Centre, The University of
> Siena, Italy
>
> Prof. Wang Lifei, University of International Business and Economics,
> China
>
> Important dates
>
> Deadline for Call for Papers 15 June 2012 (Fri)
> Notice of Acceptance 16 July 2012 (Mon)
>
> Early Bird Registration 17 August 2012 (Fri)
> Cancellation 15 October 2012 (Mon) (no refund of registration fee after
> this date)
>
> Abstract submission
> All presentations will be 30 minutes, including a 10-minute Q&A. Your
> abstract (in MS Word Version) should not exceed 300 words, including
> references.
>
> On a separate page, please include the title of the paper, theme area
> (state one of the above, or a theme that best describes your paper), your
> name and academic title, your affiliation, and your email address and
> postal address.
> The abstract template can be retrieved from:
> http://www.engl.polyu.edu.hk/events/esp/ESP_conference_Abstract_Template.doc
>
> Each participant can submit only one abstract as the lead author and one
> abstract as a co-author. Lead authors must register by 17 August 2012
> (Fri) in order for the paper to be included in the conference programme.
>
> Please submit abstracts to: egesp@polyu.edu.hk
>
>
> The 1st International Conference of the Chinese Association for ESP & The
> 4th International Conference on ESP in Asia Organising Committee
> Research Centre for Professional Communication in English
> Department of English
> The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
> Email: egesp@polyu.edu.hk
>
>
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Varun Gupta
Divine Books
40/5, Shakti Nagar,
Delhi 110007
India
Ph. No. 011 42351 493
divinebooksindia@gmail.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Conlon" <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
To: <H-ASIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 9:19 AM
Subject: H-ASIA: CFP "Masks of Threat: Understanding new South Asian
Identities in Motion", edited volume of essays
> H-ASIA
> April 4, 2012
>
> Call for papers for edited volume of essays: "Masks of Threat:
> Understanding new South Asian Identities in Motion"
> ***********************************************************************
> From: H-Net Announcements <announce@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU>
>
> CFP: Essay Collection Titled: Masks of Threat: Understanding new South
> Asian Identities in Motion
>
> Call for Papers Date: 2012-08-15
> Date Submitted: 2012-04-02
> Announcement ID: 193675
>
> CFP: Essay Collection Titled:
> Masks of Threat: Understanding new South Asian Identities in Motion
>
> In contemporary narrative and cultural representations, how has the figure
> of the South Asian subject morphed gradually into a site of
> threatracially, economically, politically, and socio-culturally? In
> violent enactments of identity and difference over the past few decades of
> history, how has dominant economic centers of the world reimagined the
> South Asian subject in migration? How has this understanding complicated
> the model minority status quos and how has it rerouted discourses of
> belonging and unbelonging?
>
> In this edited collection of essays, special focus will be paid on
> examining the identity of the migrant and/or the highly educated elite
> economic and intellectual laborer with origins in South Asia, in literary
> and/or visual and cultural texts to understand the new definitions of
> terror, terrorism, and threatening, or unhomed subjects. Ultimately, this
> volume will examine an alternative cartography of belonging for the South
> Asian in the global world enmeshed in the complicated networks of
> citizenship, racial and ethnic identities, and human rights within
> contemporary geopolitical and socio-historical contexts.
>
> Please submit 250 word MS-Word abstracts by May 15th, 2012 to:
> de.aparajita@gmail.com. Please include a brief bio as a separate
> attachment.
>
> Final submission of selected papers for this collection is due by August
> 15th, 2012, also by email in MS-word attachments to
> de.aparajita@gmail.com.
> Completed essays are 7500 words, MS-Word formatted, double-spaced, and
> should only use the updated MLA format citation.
>
>
> Aparajita De
> Assistant Professor
> Towson University
> 8000 York Road
> Towson, MD 21252
> Email: de.aparajita@gmail.com
>
>
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Conlon" <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
To: <H-ASIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 9:08 AM
Subject: H-ASIA: CFP AAA panel Cosmopolitan Crossings: Class Identities,
Global Aspirations & Moral Sensibilities in China and India
> H-ASIA
> April 4, 2012
>
> Call for papers: Panel proposal for AAA Conference, San Francisco, 14-18
> November 2012, "Cosmopolitan Crossings: Class Identities, Global
> Aspirations, and Moral Sensibilities in China and India",
> San Francisco, November 14=18, 2012
>
> ***********************************************************************
> From: H-Net Announcements <announce@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU>
>
> CFP, AAA: Cosmopolitan Crossings: Class Identities, Global Aspirations,
> and Moral Sensibilities in China and India
>
> Location: California, United States
> Call for Papers Date: 2012-04-06 (in 2 days)
> Date Submitted: 2012-03-31
> Announcement ID: 193649
>
> American Anthropological Association 2012 Panel Call for Papers
> 111th American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting
> November 14-18, 2012
> San Francisco, CA
> Borders and Crossings
>
>
> Cosmopolitan Crossings: Class Identities, Global Aspirations, and Moral
> Sensibilities in China and India
>
> A dozen years into the new millennium, what does it mean to be a
> cosmopolitan? As noted by philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah, the term can
> be traced to the Cynics in fourth century BC who coined the term to simply
> mean "a citizen of the cosmos." In the eighteenth century, Western
> Enlightenment thinkers reimagined the ideal cosmopolitan to be a
> citizen-subject of the world with a shared moral responsibility to a
> greater humanity. In its latest economic iteration, a cosmopolitan
> suggests a savvy citizen-consumer with the social capital to traverse
> through different cultural terrains. And in the work of James Ferguson,
> cosmopolitanism is a "style" of cultural practices that distances the
> practitioner from the "local" and the attending claims and expectations in
> an attempt to seek "worldliness at home."
>
> Moreover, it is a "style" performed with intention and significantly
> shaped by the shifting context of micropolitical economic forces. In this
> panel, we are focusing on how cosmopolitanism as a "cultural style"
> becomes a touchstone for emerging class and cultural identities, as well
> as a register of social fragmentation in China and India. As capitalism in
> its heterogeneous forms enfolds more societies into worlds of consumption
> and market rationality, China and India are not only the most prominent
> sources of labor for the global economy; their emergent middle classes are
> viewed as the largest and most promising consumer markets in the new
> millennium. The affinities and divergences in the development trajectories
> of China and India offer a critical comparative opportunity for the study
> of urban-rural divisions, class formation, citizenship rights, and
> cultural production. We seek papers that examine the grounded, translocal
> practices of Chinese and Indians espousing cosmopolitan values,
> sensibilities, motives, and aspirations as acts of self-fashioning or
> collective identification, and belonging or refusal of belonging. Our
> inquiry approaches cosmopolitans and cosmopolitanisms not as fully
> determined identities or distinctive sets of practices traceable to a
> specific point of origin, but as open-ended identifications and a range of
> social action continually in flux in a complex social field of
> signification.
>
> Papers can address but need not be limited to the following topics:
>
> * Class relations, social responsibility, and philanthropy
> * Urban and rural spaces, politics of access or exclusion,
> revitalization campaigns
> * Labor practices, professionalization, "multicultural" work
> environments
> * "Global" education, cultivation of innovation and talent, and
> creative industries
> * Migration, leisure, and tourism
> * Consumerism, status goods, fashion and ornamentation
> * Everyday translocal practices
>
> Paper abstracts of 250 words should be submitted by April 6th (extended
> deadline from April 1st), 2012, to panel co-organizers:
>
> Trang Ta and
> Naheed Aaftaab .
>
> Thank you for your interest in the panel.
>
>
> Naheed Aaftaab
> University of Minnesota
> aafta001@umn.edu
>
> Trang Ta
> University of Washington
> tta@u.washington.edu
> Email: aafta001@umn.edu, tta@u.washington.edu
>
>
>
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To: <H-ASIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 9:31 AM
Subject: H-ASIA: CFP Intl Conf "Buddhism & Australia 2013", Perth 7-9 Aug
2013
> H-ASIA
> April 4, 2012
>
> Call for papers: International Conference "Buddhism and Australia 2013",
> Perth, Western Australia, August 7-9, 2013
> ***********************************************************************
> From: H-Net Announcements <announce@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU>
>
> International Conference "Buddhism & Australia 2013"
>
> Location: Australia
> Call for Papers Date: 2013-08-07
> Date Submitted: 2012-04-02
> Announcement ID: 193667
>
> The Buddhism & Australia Inc has a pleasure to inform you that the
> International Conference Buddhism & Australia 2013
> will be held in 7 - 9th of August, 2013 in Perth, Western Australia.
> The conference acknowledges Buddhism in Austral-Asian region, its' history
> and knowledge, involving Buddhism and notable people in its' religious
> history.
>
> The first conference Buddhism & Australia took place from 2-4th of
> February 2012 in Murdoch university, Perth and was a great success.
> Participated academics and Buddhist scholars from 16 countries around the
> world and the conference covered a large variety of topics, which clearly
> indicated the direction for the next years. All presentations, the opening
> and welcoming speeches are available in conference website.
>
> The 2013 conference will have 4 working panels and like the first
> conference, 2013 will have emphasis on in-depth Buddhist studies.
>
> The 4 working panels in 2013 will be divided into following categories:
>
> 1) History
> 2) Philosophy
> 3) Texts (Sutras, Tantras, commentaries and translations )
> 4) Open topics like Buddhism in contemporary society, Buddhism &
> Environment, etc.
>
> Buddhists from all traditions, monastics, academics, scholars and others
> interested in Oriental and Buddhist studies are invited to present
> abstracts of their works.
>
> * The conference has no conference registration or participation fees.
> * Working language will be English. The time for paper presentation is 30
> minutes. * Papers to be presented in the conference will be published in
> conference website.
>
> Deadline for Abstract: 5 April 2013
>
> Deadline for Full-Article: 15 May 2013
>
> Organizers. The author and organizer for Buddhism & Australia conference
> is Ven.Vello Vrtnu, the Head of Estonian Nyingma and Buddhism & Australia
> Inc, who has been organizing International Buddhism & Nordland Conferences
> since 2006: www.budcon.com
>
> To register
> To participate in the Buddhism & Australia 2013 please submit the abstract
> of your paper (max 500 words) and
> CVs (maximum of 2 pages, including personal statement and/or listing of
> publications or work experience) by the following e-mail:
> info@buddhismandaustralia.com before 5th April, 2013.
>
> Best regards
>
> Buddhism & Australia Inc
>
> Contact/ info:
> Tel: +61 0452568831
> Email: info@buddhismandaustralia.com
> www.buddhismandaustralia.com
>
>
> Marju Broder
> Buddhism & Australia Inc
> Tel:+61 0452568831
>
>
>
> Email: email: info@buddhismandaustralia.com
> Visit the website at http://www.buddhismandaustralia.com
>
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To: <H-ASIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 9:24 AM
Subject: H-ASIA: CFP Asian American Lit, PAMLA, Seattle, Oct 19-21, 2012
> H-ASIA
> April 4, 2012
>
> Call for papers for panel Asian American Literature on theme of
> "Migration, Immigration, and Movement", PAMLA (Pacific Ancient and
> Modern Language Association", Seattle University, October 19-21, 2012
>
> ***********************************************************************
> From: H-Net Announcements <announce@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU>
>
> PAMLA 2012 - Seattle University - Asian American Literature Panel
>
> Location: Washington, United States
> Call for Papers Date: 2012-10-19
> Date Submitted: 2012-04-01
> Announcement ID: 193658
>
> PAMLA 2012 - Seattle University
> October 19-21 - 110th Annual Conference of the Pacific Ancient and
> Modern Language Association
> Asian American Literature Panel
>
> Looking for any proposals dealing with Asian American literature. In
> keeping with this years conference theme, Migration, Immigration, and
> Movement we are particularly interested in projects that address ideas
> of home, homeland and/or diaspora studies.
>
> Submission deadline: April 22, 2012
>
> Please submit proposals (approximately 300 words) via PAMLAs online
> submission form: http://www.pamla.org/2012/
>
> Please direct all queries for this session to:
> jean_amato@fitnyc.edu
>
> Presenters will need to become members of PAMLA by May 1, 2012.
>
>
> Jean Amato
> jean_amato@fitnyc.edu
> B607
> Assistant Professor, English and Speech Dept.
> Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY
> 7th Ave. at 27th St.
> New York, NY 10001
>
> Email: jean_amato@fitnyc.edu
> Visit the website at http://www.pamla.org/2012/
>
>
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Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 9:34 AM
Subject: H-ASIA: CfA 2012 SSRC Korean Studies Dissertation Workshop
> H-ASIA
> April 4, 2012
>
> Call for Applications, 2012 SSRC Korean Studies Dissertation Workshop,
> Pacific Grove, CA, , July 18-22, 2012 DEADLINE MAY 1, 2012
> ***********************************************************************
> From: H-Net Announcements <announce@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU>
>
> Call for Applications: 2012 SSRC Korean Studies Dissertation Workshop
> - Deadline: May 1
>
> Location: California, United States
> Workshop Date: 2012-05-01 (in 26 days)
> Date Submitted: 2012-03-30
> Announcement ID: 193627
>
> The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and the Korea Foundation
> are pleased to announce the fourth annual Korean Studies Dissertation
> Workshop.
> When: July 18-22, 2012
> Where: Pacific Grove, CA - Asilomar Conference Center
>
> Application Deadline: May 1, 2012
>
> http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/ksdw/
>
> MISSION
> The Social Science Research Council Korean Studies Dissertation
> Workshop seeks to create a sustained network of advanced graduate
> students and faculty engaged in research on Korea. The four-day
> workshop provides an informal setting for participants to give and
> receive critical feedback on dissertations in progress.
>
> FORMAT
> Individual students will lead discussions of their projects with
> mentor faculty and peers from various disciplines to receive creative
> and critical input on improving their fieldwork plans or writing
> strategies. This years mentor faculty are Suk-young Kim (University of
> California at Santa Barbara), Katherine Moon (Wellesley College),
> Robert Oppenheim (University of Texas at Austin), and Jun Yoo
> (University of Hawaii at Manoa).
>
> ELIGIBILITY
> . Only full-time advanced graduate students, regardless of
> citizenship, who are enrolled at US or Canadian institutions are
> eligible.
> . Participants may be in any social science or humanities field.
> . Applicants must have an approved dissertation prospectus but cannot
> have completed writing for final submission.
> . Special consideration will be given to students from universities
> that are not major Korean Studies institutions.
>
> For the application and more information, please visit us on the web
> at http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/ksdw/.
>
> Korean Studies Dissertation Workshop
> Social Science Research Council
> One Pierrepont Plaza, 15th Floor
> Brooklyn, NY 11201
> Tel: 718-517-3640
> Fax: 212-377-2727
> Email: korea@ssrc.org
>
> Fernando Rojas
> Korean Studies Dissertation Workshop
> Social Science Research Council
> One Pierrepont Plaza, 15th Floor
> Brooklyn, NY 11201
> Tel: 718-517-3640
> Fax: 212-377-2727
> Email: korea@ssrc.org
> Visit the website at http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/ksdw/
>
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Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 12:46 PM
Subject: H-ASIA: Call for Chapters for an edited volume: Exploring India
China Relations: Historical Constructions and Future Possibilities
> H-ASIA
> April 5, 2012
>
> Call for Chapters for an edited volume: Exploring India China Relations:
> Historical Constructions and Future Possibilities
> ******************************************************************
> From: "Dr Biswajit Mohapatra" <biswajitm_1@hotmail.com>
>
> Call for Chapters for an edited volume:
> Exploring India China Relations: Historical Constructions and Future
> Possibilities
>
> Papers accepted for publication will be published as book chapters in an
> edited book.
>
> Submission Of Abstract: April,30, 2012 (500 words)
> Submission Of Final Chapter: June 15th,2012
>
> Concept Note
>
> The
> contentious
> dispute
> over
>
> borders
> and
> related
> geopolitical
> competition
> for
> power,
> influence,
> resources,
> and
> above
> all
> markets
> have
> contributed
> towards
> increase
> in
> tension
> between
> China
> and
> India.
>
> In
> the
> years
> after
> their
> independence
>
> except
> for
> a
> very
> limited
> period
> of
> a
> warm
> relationship
> during the early 1950s, the relations between the two Asian giants have
> never been far from any kind of conflict, containment, mutual suspicion,
> distrust, and rivalry.
>
> India's bilateral relations with China as such has remained volatile and
> ridden with friction and tension. Notwithstanding the border dispute
> which led to a full- scale war in 1962 and armed skirmishes in 1967
> and 1987,several rounds of talks that have been held over more than a
> quarter of a century (from 1981 onwards,however have not yielded any
> result for resolving the disputed claims.
>
> Of late China's increasing assertiveness, by way of increased
> incursions in Arunachal Pradesh by the People's Liberation Army (PLA)
> since 2005, has led to a rapid meltdown in the Sino- Indian border talks,
> despite public display of amity. It is felt as if the Chinese believe
> that a border settlement, without major Indian territorial concessions,
> has the risk of augmenting India's relative power position in the
> neighbourhood and in the global diplomacy and thus can impact negatively
> on China's rise and influence.
>
> The prospects of a negotiated settlement in the near future though appear
> to be remote yet remains the only viable alternative though with the
> unsettled border problem China unduly enjoys the strategic leverage to
> keep India guessing about its intentions and nervous about its future
> actions and capabilities while it also exposes India's vulnerabilities and
> weaknesses and thus ensures India's friendly disposure on issues of vital
> concern to China.
>
> It is also widely felt that even after the territorial dispute has been
> resolved, China and India would still be in a competitive relationship
> with each other as caught in the Dragon's triangle. Besides the
> territorial dispute, the nature of China's relationship with India's
> neighbours in South Asia and provision of liberal military assistance to
> them, the remnants of Cold War alignments (Beijing-Islamabad-Washington
> versus the Moscow– New Delhi axis); continuing disturbances over the
> question of Tibet and Kashmir; China's involvement in its immediate
> neighbourhood, what India naturally regards as its zone of influence;
> Beijing's continuous interest for establishing its naval presence in the
> Indian Ocean; competition over scarce resources including sharing of
> waters of Brahmaputra River ; power asymmetry and the never ending quest
> for a supremacy of the leadership over each other in several developing
> world and multilateral forums; and, more recently, suspicion over China's
> secret assistance to Pakistan for nuclear weapons , have exacerbated the
> already fractious and uneasy relationship that existed between the two so
> far.
>
> With Beijing treating South and Southeast Asia as its spheres of influence
> , adopting a balance- of-power approach in interstate relations and India
> as its main obstacle to achieving its strategic objective of regional
> supremacy in Asia threatens the regional peace and security scenario and
> poses great danger to the states in the vicinity.
>
> With India treating the Sino- Pakistani nexus, in particular, as hostile
> and threatening in nature, the "strategic space" in which India
> traditionally was active having become increasingly constricted due to
> Chinese penetration as evident from Beijing's forays into Myanmar (Burma)
> and the Bay of Bengal in the 1990s now presents the spectre of the so
> called global power rivalry which may flare up to large scale military
> tensions in the region and also will endanger the world peace and
> security.
>
> In the light of this when it is being felt that there is a great need to
> expand, deepen and diversify the Strategic and Cooperative Partnership
> between these two powers with the wide acknowledgement that the
> India-China relations has to move beyond the socalled bilateral aspect
> and onto the global dimension,it is important to analyse this emerging
> security scenario and examine the adversarial nature of the Sino- Indian
> relationship and for laying down strategic grounds so as to help these
> two regional powers to conduct smooth negotiations to settle their
> differences and mistrust and to harness their joint energies for a
> sustainable development and peace in the region by acceleration of trade
> and investment and promotion of increased people- to-people contact.
>
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