Amitendu Palit and Alec van Gelder have an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal Asia today that argues for far greater economic cooperation between the world's two most populated countries, India and China.  In spite of the political bickering, most people would be surprised to note that China is India's most important trading partner, and that India is one of China's most important trading partner.  These ties are forging strong links between two of the 21st Century's most important economies and making Chinese and Indians realise there is much more to their relationship than disputes over national boundaries:

Today, there is an opportunity to strengthen the prospects of peace and to catapult growth higher still by a concerted political effort to remove existing barriers between the two nations. Research indicates two-way trade could rise above $100 billion in the next few years but this remains a tiny fraction of their combined GDP of $5.6 trillion. As a matter of national self-interest, both countries should act now.