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“Chinese Checkers?” India's Look East Policy
First published in The Indian Express under the author's “East of India” column on June 9, 2006. Reprinted from The Indian Express with permission of Indian Express Newspapers (Mumbai) Limited © 2006.
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Abstract:
While attending an international conference in Seoul recently, I sat next to a young Korean university lecturer. On coming to know my Indian origin, he told me: Many young Koreans are now interested in Indian culture, especially Indian religion, philosophy and film. Surprised, I asked why. His answer was simple: Koreans increasingly fear Chinese cultural (as well as geopolitical) domination. Hence, they turn to India.
