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  • 'Bush most India-friendly US President'

    07/19/2005 5:52:21 AM PDT · by CarrotAndStick · 4 replies · 397+ views
    Sify.com ^ | Tuesday, 19 July , 2005, 14:55 | Sify.com
    Washington's decision to reopen access for India to civil nuclear technology is another example of the Bush administration's engagement of the South Asian nation as a counterweight to China, Indian analysts said on Tuesday. "People have it in their minds that in Asia it should not be a wholly China-dominated scene," former Indian foreign secretary Salman Haider told AFP. "Japan has become more assertive and we are seen as a potential counter balance. Whether it should take the form of rivalry with China, that's a separate question. I think the United States would like to bring us into play (vis-a-vis...