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International  / Cover Stories Magazine | Nov 16, 2009
Tawang
Over The Great Wall, The Mire
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Arunachal pradesh
With India having given them nothing but neglect, the Arunachalis wonder if they’d have been better off with China
Saikat Datta
Arunachal pradesh
The Centre may put up a show of good intention, but it seldom comes to any sort of fruition
Outlook
tawang
China’s stand on Tawang lies inextricably close to its suspicions of India’s intentions on Tibet. Therein lies the rub....
Pranay Sharma
opinion
Let there be no war. Let bhai-bhai one-upmanship last forever.
Mohan Guruswamy
the india complex
Is it paranoia or just plain old envy because China has surged far ahead of us in every field?
Pranay Sharma
china eye view
The Indian media reserves its vitriol for China. It’s horribly unfair.
Wang Yaodong
bilateral trade
Trade is growing. But a closer look finds India chafing at inequalities.
Lola Nayar
Column
A stronger India must counter China with open-minded caution
K.S. Bajpai
  • 1914: Simla Conference results in McMahon Line as the boundary between British India and Tibet. China refuses to ratify the agreement.
  • 1947: India gains independence from Britain.
  • 1948: Indian ambassador to China, K.M. Panikkar, asks Delhi to strengthen its claim over areas below McMahon Line.
  • 1949: Communists take control of China and establish the People's Republic of China.
  • 1950: China sends troops to "liberate" Tibet.
  • 1951: India sends a political officer to establish authority over Tawang, where Tibetans owing allegiance to Lhasa protest the effort.
  • 1954: India signs an agreement with Beijing; agrees to Tibet being "a region of China".
  • 1956: Khampa rebellion erupts in Tibet. Some Tibetan leaders flee and take refuge in Kalimpong.
  • 1958: India raises the issue of the road built by China through Aksai Chin for access to Tibet.
  • 1959: Large-scale uprising breaks out in Tibet, forcing the Dalai Lama and many of his followers to flee Lhasa for India. India raises the boundary issue, formally, with China.
  • 1960: The Nehru-Zhou summit fails to break impasse on the boundary issue.
  • 1962: India, China go to war after Chinese troops move into India territory.
  • 1963: China withdraws unilaterally from much of Indian territory but retains some areas like Aksai Chin in Ladakh.
  • 1979: Indian foreign minister Atal Behari Vajpayee visits China to break long hiatus in ties and renews dialogue.
  • 1988: Rajiv Gandhi undertakes his historic visit to China, brings about a serious thaw in relations.
  • 1996: India and China agree on confidence-building-measures to keep borders tranquil and peaceful.
  • 1998: Renewed tensions in Sino-India ties after Delhi conducts nuclear test and cites China as the main security threat to justify them.
  • 2003: PM Vajpayee travels to China, agrees to the appointment of special representatives for resolving the boundary issue.
  • 2005: Premier Wen Jiabao visits Delhi; India and China enter into a strategic partnership. The leaders agree on the framework for a settlement of the boundary issue on the basis of the "political parameters and guiding principles”; “interests of the settled populations" to be considered before a final agreement. China also shows a new map with Sikkim as part of India.
  • 2006: President Hu Jintao visits India and announces 10 points to further strengthen bilateral ties.
  • 2007: Sonia Gandhi and Rahul visit China and hold wide-ranging talks with leaders in Beijing.
  • 2008: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh travels to Beijing and reaffirms India’s commitment for strong ties with China. Later in the year, China tries to block nsg
    waiver for India.
Also In This Story   
Arunachal pradesh
With India having given them nothing but neglect, the Arunachalis wonder if they’d have been better off with China
Saikat Datta
Arunachal pradesh
The Centre may put up a show of good intention, but it seldom comes to any sort of fruition
Outlook
tawang
China’s stand on Tawang lies inextricably close to its suspicions of India’s intentions on Tibet. Therein lies the rub....
Pranay Sharma
opinion
Let there be no war. Let bhai-bhai one-upmanship last forever.
Mohan Guruswamy
the india complex
Is it paranoia or just plain old envy because China has surged far ahead of us in every field?
Pranay Sharma
china eye view
The Indian media reserves its vitriol for China. It’s horribly unfair.
Wang Yaodong
bilateral trade
Trade is growing. But a closer look finds India chafing at inequalities.
Lola Nayar
Column
A stronger India must counter China with open-minded caution
K.S. Bajpai
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HAVE YOUR SAY
Nov 10, 2009 04:59 AM
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ATUL CHANDRA:

what is so terrible about the Chinese, from the Hindu-Buddhist angle?

Are Hindus and Buddhists not safer with the Chinese than under Muslims?

What IS so great abot Indian rule? In the North-east it brings uncontrolled Bangladeshi Muslim illegal immigration. Under India, Islamists are taking over in the North-East.

The Chinese crack down fiercely on Islamists. Are they so bad?
Momeen Rashid
Delhi, India
Nov 07, 2009 07:15 PM
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Chinese have at no time made any bones about their intention of keeping India in it's 'place'.
They have not missed any instance of heaping insult and worse on India.In fact they have been quite contemptuous and dismissive of Indians.With their elaborate 'symbolisms' they have fooled generations of Indians and kept them guessing about their true intentions on anything.

Is it wrong that Indians consider China and Chinese as crooked and deceitful people wishing to 'trample' Indians 'under their boots'?

Anyway, now that India has the N Deal tied up and the commies and China have failed in their attempt let us definitely move ahead in forging partnership with China -as an equal-no more hyphenated to its client Pakistan.That is a realistic strategy.
China's interest in neutralising Dalai Lama and the recent Indo-US strategic tie up is again making them act violently-hoping to cow India down.

More clashes would happen when India again bids for the security council, though China would be well advised at that time to rather help India join the council.Any other action on its part would be like adding fuel to fire-a permanent fire would be lit. Chinese are realists, if nothing else-they know what they could afford to fight and what they can not.

In fact it would be extremely prudent for China to join hands with a willing India-since henceforth power games would matter less in Indo China relations and economy and technical prowess would matter more.

That is an area where partnership is more fruitful.

China and India -unfettered by competitive politics of power games where China tried to to keep India "down below"-are now placed in a position where 'equals' can negotiate on a platform of mutual benefits

Will Chinese ever accept this?
Atul Chandra
mUMBAI, INDIA
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