Why Indiaâs complete economic disengagement from China is unrealistic Why Indiaâs complete economic disengagement from China is unrealistic If India hopes to implement infra projects in the neighbourhood to restrain China, it will have to create management groups to support diplomats on the ground. Madhu Bhalla 27 April, 2021 1:19 pm IST Text Size: A+ The near collapse of frameworks for strategic relations with China and the newly protectionist impulse of the âMake in Indiaâ initiative has placed new demands on New Delhiâs economic diplomacy with Beijing. While India has for some time been wary of Chinese economic influence and practices, the recent military stand-off in the Ladakh sector of the border has resulted in swift policy decisions and sharp rhetoric on the feasibility of the current state of Chinese presence in the Indian economy. This is evident in Indiaâs refusal to join the China-dominated Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the blocking of Chinese apps in India and the intense discussions around decoupling from China-controlled supply chains. Strategic concerns over Chinaâs economic embrace and its tendency to use economic advantages to leverage its political and security objectives have emerged in the last decade. This means that India needs to develop policy and diplomatic processes to constrain negative strategic fallouts without bucking the trend of Chinaâs economic trajectory.