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Dragon and Elephant are dancing to different tunes

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September 07, 2025

Why PM Modi did not attend China's parade.

- KHEDROOB THONDUP

Dragon and Elephant are dancing to different tunes

When Chinese President Xi Jinping stood flanked by Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un at Beijing's Victory Day parade last Wednesday, the choreography was unmistakable: a show of defiance, unity, and revisionist ambition. Yet one absence loomed large amid the missile-laden spectacle—Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had just attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin but quietly departed before the parade began.

His conspicuous absence was not a scheduling oversight. It was a strategic signal, and a sobering reminder of the limits to any China-India rapprochement.

The metaphor of the "dragon and elephant dancing together" has long been used to describe the aspirational relationship between India and China—two ancient civilizations with modern ambitions. But as last week's events revealed, they are not moving to the same rhythm.

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