Image: Obama at the Great Wall of China

United States President Barack Obama's [ Images ] [ Images ] tour of China has evoked tremendous interest across the globe, and India [ Images ] in particular. As Obama soft-pedals on Tibet [ Images ], and includes China in his vision to ensure peace in South Asia, there's growing worry over what this increasing affinity between the two world powers means for the region.

Image: Barack Obama tours Badaling section of the Great Wall on the outskirts of Beijing [ Images ] on Wednesday.

Photograph: Reuters