i like the bold approach of people-to-people contact. there is a need for the hindus to understand chinese culture, ans for the mandarin folks to understand hindu culture. however, singh missed the boat by not pressing on the chinese to knock it off on the maoists. it is to be hoped the chinese will not do any stealthy stuff contrary to what they have signed with mmsingh within days of the visit as is often customary among the 3m monotheists cultures (ie marxist, missionary, mulla culture).