Border stand-off: India calls off media dialogue with China

An India-China media dialogue that was scheduled to take place later this week has fallen prey to the border stand-off between the two neighbouring countries.  

The BJP-government has withdrawn clearances for Chinese editors who were coming to the national capital this week for a media exchange with Indian journalists, something that takes place every year.

The think tank organising the event says no reason was given and all they got was a one line fax that the clearances had been withdrawn. ‘Due to unavoidable complications, we have had to postpone the India-China Media Exchange. We thank you all for agreeing to participate on 24 September  and we will call on your participation again when we hold the event. But for now, it stands cancelled,’ the organisers said.