{"id":11592,"date":"2024-02-23T09:56:47","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T09:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=11592"},"modified":"2024-02-23T09:56:47","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T09:56:47","slug":"mind-games-would-be-played-jaishankar-on-chinas-approach-towards-bilateral-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/mind-games-would-be-played-jaishankar-on-chinas-approach-towards-bilateral-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"Mind Games Would Be Played: Jaishankar On China\u2019s Approach Towards Bilateral Ties"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Delhi, Feb 23: S\u00a0<\/span>Jaishankar,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>minister\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>external\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>affairs<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Friday\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>one\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“biggest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>challenges”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>facing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>India-China\u00a0<\/a><\/span>relations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>striking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sustaining\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>equilibrium,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>even\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>insisted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Beijing’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>defiance\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>established\u00a0<\/span>norms\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>what\u00a0<\/span><\/span>initially\u00a0<\/span>set\u00a0<\/span><\/span>off\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>border\u00a0<\/span>dispute\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>eastern\u00a0<\/span>Ladakh<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>warned\u00a0<\/span><\/span>against\u00a0<\/span><\/span>China’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“mind\u00a0<\/span><\/span>game”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>limit\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>issues\u00a0<\/span><\/span>under\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bilateral\u00a0<\/span><\/span>framework\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>India\u00a0<\/span><\/span>must\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>give\u00a0<\/span><\/span>up\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>rights\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>use\u00a0<\/span><\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>global\u00a0<\/span>variables\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>obtain\u00a0<\/span><\/span>better\u00a0<\/span>terms\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>equilibrium\u00a0<\/span><\/span>during\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>interactive\u00a0<\/span>session\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Raisina\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Dialogue.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Regarding\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>economy,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>minister\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>external\u00a0<\/span>affairs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>predicted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>China’s\u00a0<\/span>GDP\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>eventually\u00a0<\/span><\/span>level\u00a0<\/span><\/span>off\u00a0<\/span><\/span>while\u00a0<\/span><\/span>India’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>increase.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cited\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Goldman\u00a0<\/span>Sachs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>estimates\u00a0<\/span><\/span>indicating\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>both\u00a0<\/span><\/span>China\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>India’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>economies\u00a0<\/span><\/span>might\u00a0<\/span>reach\u00a0<\/span><\/span>USD\u00a0<\/span>50\u00a0<\/span><\/span>trillion\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span>more\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2075.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jaishankar,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>India\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ought\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>self-assurance\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“leverage”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>global\u00a0<\/span>system\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>order\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>produce\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>“best\u00a0<\/span><\/span>possible\u00a0<\/span><\/span>outcome.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>made\u00a0<\/span><\/span>these\u00a0<\/span>comments\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>response\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>question\u00a0<\/span><\/span>about\u00a0<\/span><\/span>whether\u00a0<\/span><\/span>China\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>India\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>reach\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>breaking\u00a0<\/span>point\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>tense\u00a0<\/span>relationship\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>whether\u00a0<\/span>or\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span><\/span>they\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>ever\u00a0<\/span><\/span>achieve\u00a0<\/span><\/span>harmony.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>current\u00a0<\/span><\/span>problem\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>follows:\u00a0<\/span><\/span>starting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>late\u00a0<\/span>1980s,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>border\u00a0<\/span><\/span>agreement\u00a0<\/span><\/span>because\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>worked\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>both\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>us.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>After\u00a0<\/span><\/span>over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>three\u00a0<\/span>decades,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>finally\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>departure.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>change\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>actions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>when\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>came\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>border\u00a0<\/span><\/span>behaviour.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Additionally,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>resistance\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>our\u00a0<\/span><\/span>end,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claimed.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>One\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>primary\u00a0<\/span>issues\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>both\u00a0<\/span>countries,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>my\u00a0<\/span>opinion,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reaching\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>balance,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>then\u00a0<\/span>keeping\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>updating\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>It\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>simple,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>minister\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>external\u00a0<\/span><\/span>affairs,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“mind\u00a0<\/span><\/span>games”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“just\u00a0<\/span><\/span>between\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>two\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>us.”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>“There\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span><\/span>any\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>190\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>so\u00a0<\/span><\/span>countries\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>our\u00a0<\/span><\/span>connection.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>That\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>mental\u00a0<\/span>game\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>engaged\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>don’t\u00a0<\/span>think\u00a0<\/span><\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>should\u00a0<\/span>play\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“It\u00a0<\/span><\/span>seems\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unfair\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>give\u00a0<\/span><\/span>up\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>right\u00a0<\/span><\/span>if\u00a0<\/span>there\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>elements\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>world\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>can\u00a0<\/span>use\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>obtain\u00a0<\/span><\/span>better\u00a0<\/span>terms\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>an\u00a0<\/span><\/span>equilibrium,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“Do\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span><\/span>grant\u00a0<\/span><\/span>another\u00a0<\/span>country,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>obviously\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>competitive\u00a0<\/span><\/span>country,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>veto\u00a0<\/span><\/span>over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>our\u00a0<\/span>policy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>decisions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>today\u00a0<\/span><\/span>when\u00a0<\/span>I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>say\u00a0<\/span><\/span>think\u00a0<\/span><\/span>through\u00a0<\/span><\/span>your\u00a0<\/span>own\u00a0<\/span><\/span>answer.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Regretfully,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>such\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>occasionally\u00a0<\/span>occurred\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>past,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>remarked.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Speaking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>two\u00a0<\/span><\/span>economies,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jaishankar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>India’s\u00a0<\/span>economy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>began\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“much\u00a0<\/span><\/span>more\u00a0<\/span>robustly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>earlier\u00a0<\/span><\/span>than\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chinese.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>However,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>inevitable\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>everyone\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>eventually\u00a0<\/span>become\u00a0<\/span><\/span>flat.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Thus,\u00a0<\/span>there\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>come\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>time\u00a0<\/span>when\u00a0<\/span><\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>expanding\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>they\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span><\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>levelling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>out,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>accept\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>conclusions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>today’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>statistics\u00a0<\/span><\/span>point\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>However,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>if\u00a0<\/span><\/span>one\u00a0<\/span>looks\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>example,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Goldman\u00a0<\/span>Sachs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>predicts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2075,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>both\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>our\u00a0<\/span><\/span>economies\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>really\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reach\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>GDP\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>more\u00a0<\/span>than\u00a0<\/span><\/span>USD\u00a0<\/span>50\u00a0<\/span><\/span>trillion\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>closest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>one\u00a0<\/span><\/span>another.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>“If\u00a0<\/span><\/span>both\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>us\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>moving\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>relation\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>each\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>world,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>how\u00a0<\/span><\/span>do\u00a0<\/span><\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>construct\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span><\/span>equilibrium?\u00a0<\/span><\/span>There\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>occasions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>when\u00a0<\/span><\/span>one\u00a0<\/span>or\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>want\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>do\u00a0<\/span><\/span>something\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>press\u00a0<\/span><\/span>home\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>particular\u00a0<\/span>advantage\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>resist\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>That\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>international\u00a0<\/span>version\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>problem.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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New Delhi, Feb 23: S\u00a0Jaishankar,\u00a0the\u00a0minister\u00a0of\u00a0external\u00a0affairs,\u00a0stated\u00a0on\u00a0Friday\u00a0that\u00a0one\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0“biggest\u00a0challenges”\u00a0facing\u00a0India-China\u00a0relations\u00a0will\u00a0be\u00a0striking\u00a0and\u00a0sustaining\u00a0an\u00a0equilibrium,\u00a0even\u00a0as\u00a0he\u00a0insisted\u00a0that\u00a0Beijing’s\u00a0defiance\u00a0of\u00a0established\u00a0norms\u00a0was\u00a0what\u00a0initially\u00a0set\u00a0off\u00a0the\u00a0border\u00a0dispute\u00a0in\u00a0eastern\u00a0Ladakh. He\u00a0warned\u00a0against\u00a0China’s\u00a0“mind\u00a0game”\u00a0to\u00a0limit\u00a0the\u00a0issues\u00a0under\u00a0the\u00a0bilateral\u00a0framework\u00a0and\u00a0stated\u00a0that\u00a0India\u00a0must\u00a0not\u00a0give\u00a0up\u00a0its\u00a0rights\u00a0to\u00a0use\u00a0other\u00a0global\u00a0variables\u00a0to\u00a0obtain\u00a0better\u00a0terms\u00a0on\u00a0an\u00a0equilibrium\u00a0during\u00a0an\u00a0interactive\u00a0session\u00a0at\u00a0the\u00a0Raisina\u00a0Dialogue.Regarding\u00a0the\u00a0economy,\u00a0the\u00a0minister\u00a0of\u00a0external\u00a0affairs\u00a0predicted\u00a0that\u00a0China’s\u00a0GDP\u00a0would\u00a0eventually\u00a0level\u00a0off\u00a0while\u00a0India’s\u00a0would\u00a0increase.\u00a0He\u00a0cited\u00a0Goldman\u00a0Sachs\u00a0estimates\u00a0indicating\u00a0that\u00a0both\u00a0China\u00a0and\u00a0India’s\u00a0economies\u00a0might\u00a0reach\u00a0USD\u00a050\u00a0trillion\u00a0or\u00a0more\u00a0by\u00a02075. 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That\u00a0is\u00a0the\u00a0mental\u00a0game\u00a0that\u00a0will\u00a0be\u00a0engaged\u00a0in. He\u00a0stated,\u00a0“I\u00a0don’t\u00a0think\u00a0we\u00a0should\u00a0play\u00a0it.” “It\u00a0seems\u00a0unfair\u00a0to\u00a0give\u00a0up\u00a0that\u00a0right\u00a0if\u00a0there\u00a0are\u00a0other\u00a0elements\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0world\u00a0that\u00a0I\u00a0can\u00a0use\u00a0to\u00a0obtain\u00a0better\u00a0terms\u00a0on\u00a0an\u00a0equilibrium,”\u00a0he\u00a0said. “Do\u00a0not\u00a0grant\u00a0another\u00a0country,\u00a0which\u00a0is\u00a0obviously\u00a0a\u00a0competitive\u00a0country,\u00a0a\u00a0veto\u00a0over\u00a0our\u00a0policy\u00a0decisions\u00a0today\u00a0when\u00a0I\u00a0say\u00a0think\u00a0through\u00a0your\u00a0own\u00a0answer. Regretfully,\u00a0such\u00a0has\u00a0occasionally\u00a0occurred\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0past,”\u00a0he\u00a0remarked. Speaking\u00a0on\u00a0the\u00a0two\u00a0economies,\u00a0Jaishankar\u00a0stated\u00a0that\u00a0India’s\u00a0economy\u00a0began\u00a0“much\u00a0more\u00a0robustly\u00a0and\u00a0earlier\u00a0than\u00a0that\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Chinese.” However,\u00a0it\u00a0is\u00a0inevitable\u00a0that\u00a0everyone\u00a0will\u00a0eventually\u00a0become\u00a0flat. Thus,\u00a0there\u00a0will\u00a0come\u00a0a\u00a0time\u00a0when\u00a0we\u00a0will\u00a0be\u00a0expanding\u00a0and\u00a0they\u00a0will\u00a0be\u00a0levelling\u00a0out,”\u00a0he\u00a0stated. “I\u00a0accept\u00a0the\u00a0conclusions\u00a0that\u00a0today’s\u00a0statistics\u00a0point\u00a0to. 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