By Laurie Goering, Chicago Tribune Apr.

Text of report by Indian news agency PTI New Delhi, 15 December: India on Saturday [15 December] favoured establishment of a trilateral business partnership mechanism with China and Russia to exploit the huge resources existing in the three countries.

By Somini Sengupta A 40-year border dispute remains unresolved. Tibetan refugees continue to pour across the Himalayas. The memory of India's bruising defeat by China in 1962 remains fresh in the minds of a certain generation.

India and China have agreed to boost economic ties

The leaders of China and India declared Tuesday that cooperation will trump competition between the Asian giants, saying there is enough room for both to become global powers and pledging to double trade between the countries by 2010.