Chinese ambassador to India, Zhang Yan had it about right: "I am of the view that China-India relation is very fragile and easy to be damaged and difficult to repair," he noted, just four days ago, on Monday.
Don't let the hoopla and exaggerated expression of good feelings that accompany the visit of a foreign dignitary mislead you into believing that Sino-Indian relations are hunky dory, because they are not. Indeed, it is taking all the effort of the two leaders who are deeply committed to promoting good relations-Premier Wen Jiabao and his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh - to just keep things on an even keel.
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Other forces, India, and, more importantly, in China, have created the conditions which make relations, which were good during 1993-2005 period, " fragile". In China's view, India's was the hidden hand responsible for the storm of protest relating to Tibet on the eve of China's coming out party-the Beijing Olympics of 2008. Indian officials subsequently and systematically leaked stories about alleged Chinese incursions and whipped up a climate of distrust agai
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