India, April 12 -- China is on its own course. This year it is completing the 71st year of its Independence. From Mao Zedong to Xi Jinping, China has travelled a long distance. Dispelling fears among the world powers that its rise is absolutely peaceful. Despite its domestic problems and mounting global challenges, the country's communist leadership has been able to make friends and allies and keep the enemies at bay so far. However, its neighbours in the Asian continent and the rest of the world view China with suspicion.

China is working hard to ensconce herself in a desired global order so that dominant powers, like the US, find it difficult to drag her away. Following the teachings of Sun Tsu, the veteran Chinese war strategist, Taoi...