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A needed détente with Beijing
Hindustan Times Noida
|March 12, 2026
The trick is in finding the right balance between importing goods and importing capital from China
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The Union Cabinet on Tuesday decided to revoke a 2020 order — Press Note 3 (PN3) — that banned foreign investment from countries with which India shares a land border. The decision followed hostilities with Chinese armed forces in Galwan Valley after which India announced several steps to disallow Chinese companies from doing business in India. The latest order will now allow Chinese capital — subject to some limits such as controlling stakes — to resume investment in India. Habitual or opportunistic hawks will scoff at the decision, but it should be seen as a pragmatic détente with the world’s second-largest economy and by far its largest manufacturing powerhouse.
This story is from the March 12, 2026 edition of Hindustan Times Noida.
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