Sir — This refers to the article, “Modi’s grand strategy: Change G2 into G3” (May 23) by Ashok Malik. It is wishful thinking that India’s increased bilateral ties with China will change the latter’s stand controversial border issues. The US has strong relations with China but that has not stopped Beijing from challenging American interests. In fact, the US has become somewhat economically dependent on China. The lesson here is that, the more economic relations India has with China, the more leverage China will have against India.