While Rahul was caught napping on China issue, his cousin Varun Gandhi, despite being a ruling party MP, addressed two Chinese Universities on July 12-13 and earned lavish applause. He was supposed to speak to students of Shanghai and Peking Universities but he first informed the NSA Ajit Doval as well as the Ministry of External Affairs. He was accompanied by Indian ambassador to China Vijay Gokhale, wherever he went in China. His lecture was titled – A Miracle called India. Interestingly, when students at these universities asked questions after his lecture, there was no reflection of bitterness that has crept in due to border dispute in the relations between the two countries. Most of the questions were about Tagore, Buddha and Aamir Khan. Either the Chinese youth was unaware of the dispute or the questions were sponsored.