The five-decades old slogan Hindi chini, bhai bhai ( for those of you who don’t know, it’s translates to “indians and chinese are brothers,”) by Jawaharlal Nehru, made this historic and most quintessential brotherhood statement. Much water has since then flowed down the rivers Ganga and the Yangtze, the attainment of brotherhood is yet a distant cry.
Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao asserted that the two countries were not rivals or competitors but friendly neighbours who were out to further improve their relations through cooperation.
Noting that India and China were the largest developing countries with the fastest economic growth, he talked about Panchsheel and emphasised that the two countries should work together to make the 21st century that of Asia.
“Some see India and China as competitors… I disagree,” Wen said addressing and interacting with the students of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi before winding up his four-day “historic” visit to the country.
“India and China are friendly neighbours and not rivals,” he said in the address which he concluded by uttering Hindi chini, bhai bhai in Hindi, a famous slogan of 1950s which was clouded by the 1962 war, drawing all round applause.
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