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SCMP Launches Open Dialogue With Lin Minwang, Nirupama Rao

8/17/2026

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SCMP launched Open Dialogue with Lin Minwang and Nirupama Rao.
Lin Minwang, a professor at Fudan University, said the 1962 war is embedded in India’s identity.
He added Chinese perceptions of India are turning negative, linked to easier post-Covid access to Indian viewpoints.
Nirupama Rao, Indian foreign secretary (2009-11) and first woman ambassador to China (2006-09), debated whether history or politics is the main obstacle, on border, Pakistan and U.S. ties.

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SCMP launched Open Dialogue with Lin Minwang and Nirupama Rao.
Lin Minwang, a professor at Fudan University, said the 1962 war is embedded in India’s identity.
He added Chinese perceptions of India are turning negative, linked to easier post-Covid access to Indian viewpoints.
Nirupama Rao, Indian foreign secretary (2009-11) and first woman ambassador to China (2006-09), debated whether history or politics is the main obstacle, on border, Pakistan and U.S. ties.