China, India quietly bid for global leadership as the US abdicates

The world's largest emerging powers offer competing visions of a multipolar future

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Chinese President Xi Jinping and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on Oct. 23, 2024 © Reuters

Chietigj Bajpaee is senior fellow for South Asia at Chatham House, an international affairs think tank in London. He is co-author of a recent research paper: "How China-India relations will shape Asia and the global order."

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