India - China: Relations And Developments

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<b>Chinese leader begins India visit </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->China has a literacy rate of 95%, compared to India's 68%. India's exports of manufactured goods in the financial year ending this March was $71bn, compared to $713bn for China.

After leaving India, Mr Hu will travel on to Pakistan for a three-day visit.
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<b>Tibetans pay the price</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Activists and supporters of complete independence for Tibet see an inverse correlation between the government crackdown and improving relations between India and China. The improvement is best symbolised by India’s recognition of Tibet as part of Peoples Republic of China.

“The government has been hardening its stand over the years,” says Dhonduk Dorjee, a leader of the Tibetan protestors, over 600 of who staged a demonstration in Delhi against Jintao’s visit. The hardening stand is visible in lathi charges, house arrests and other atrocities unleashed on Tibetan activists in recent times, they say.

In New Delhi on Monday,
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