Dragon and elephant should tango: Wen

New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) "The dragon and the elephant
should tango," Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao suggested Thursday.
Wen came up with this quip to emphasise the need for
the two Asian giants, whose rivalry has been compared to that
between the dragon (China) and elephant (India), to come
closer.
He told a group of editors and scholars before leaving
for Pakistan, "the dragon and the elephant should tango and
that should become the consensus between the two countries."
India and China were partners in cooperation and not
rivals, he said.
Wen had warm words of appreciation for his Indian
counterpart Manmohan Singh describing him as a person "with an
open and inclusive mind".
The Chinese leader mentioned that the Cambridge
University had brought out a publication containing speeches
by him and Singh whose common theme was the importance of open
and inclusive societies.
He distributed copies of that publication with his
autograph to those present at the interaction.
Wen mentioned that the Indian Prime Minister had last
year sent him a gift package of black tea and in return he had
sent Chinese white tea. "That reminds me of how our two
countries connect with each other." PTI