President Donald Trump will land in BeijingonThursday for a high-stake summit with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. The whole world is looking at the summit with a lot of anticipationand trepidation.There are reasons for New Delhi to watch it for more than one reason.

It is going to bea landmark event in the history as the two men wield considerable geopolitical and geo-economic influenceacross the continents, and at a time whenUS-Iran warhas had crippling effect on the world economy and energy supplies; it fueled a series of uncertainties.

It is a cliff-edge moment for the world. The US-Iran war swinging between ceasefire andthreats of attacking each other. This has thrown the worldinto utter chaosand disorder. Trump and Xi will have to demonstrate their will and capacity to infuse some semblance of order into this chaotic world, particularly in the Middle-East. The region has suffered reverses not seen in decades and the reverberations threaten to make energy and food crisis to become acute.The summit’s challengestranscendthe ordinary geopolitical turmoil. This has an unspoken agenda of setting a new course for the world order, which appeals to the neighborhood of China and addresses concerns of the US. The reality of the day isthat the US-China relationshiphas the capacity to make or mar the world. The neighborhood of China cannot remain unaffected, especially India that sits in its immediate neighborhood.

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