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External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on August 31 called Xi Jinping-led China India’s ‘unique problem’ at ET World Leaders Forum. He said, “China is a 'unique problem' because it is a unique polity and economy. It's not just an indian problem. If today people are complaining about trade deficits with China, it is because decades ago, we all consciously chose to overlook the nature of Chinese production and the advantages which they enjoyed in a system where they got a level playing field with all the advantages that they brought to bear. There is a general China problem. We are not the only country in the world which is having a debate about China. Go to Europe and ask them, what is today among your major economic or national security debates? It's about China. Look at the United States, it's obsessed with China, and rightly so in many ways.”