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Why India needs to rethink its China policy & be firmer with 
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Putting the boundary dispute will only hurt
interests:
1. China has unilaterally attempted to change the status quo & in the process, violated the agreements that have been signed over the years. 1/7
.Putting the boundary dispute will only hurt
interests: 1. China has unilaterally attempted to change the status quo & in the process, violated the agreements that have been signed over the years. 1/7
2. has not even attempted to address India’s concerns vis-a-vis the much-controversial -
Eocnomic Corridor which passes through the disputed territory between &
3. It’s in interests to keep the dispute alive, thereby, attempting to contain in the region. 2/7
has not even attempted to address India’s concerns vis-a-vis the much-controversial - Eocnomic Corridor which passes through the disputed territory between & 3. It’s in
interests to keep the dispute alive, thereby, attempting to contain in the region. 2/7
leadership hoping they can achieve a breakthrough by applying the same old approach might not work. There’s a pattern in approach. consolidating it’s claims by issuing statements & frequent standoff for years (shows it was never about about the differing perceptions)3/7
1. In 2006, just before the state visit of President Hu Jintao to , Sun Yuxi, Amb to : “In our position, the whole state of Arunachal Pradesh is Chinese territory, & Tawang is only one of the places in it. We’re claiming all of that & that is our position” 4/7
President Hu Jintao to , Sun Yuxi, Amb to : “In our position, the whole state of Arunachal Pradesh is Chinese territory, & Tawang is only one of the places in it. We’re claiming all of that & that is our position” 4/7
2. In 2013, before Li Keqiang’s India visit, a major standoff took place at Depsang, leading to the signing of the Border Defence Cooperation Agreement during Manmohan Singh’s visit to China in October 2013. BDCA turned into another CBM without much relevance. 5/7
3. Another standoff in Chumar before Xi Jinping’s visit to India in 2014
4. Then again in 2015
5. 2017 standoff in Doklam 6/7
4. Then again in 2015
5. 2017 standoff in Doklam 6/7
6. Violent clashes at Galwan Valley has made it apparent: It will be no longer business as usually for & . Leaving the dispute resolution on the next generation leadership or the notion that the dispute won’t affect other aspects of the relations won’t help anymore. 7/7
& . Leaving the dispute resolution on the next generation leadership or the notion that the dispute won’t affect other aspects of the relations won’t help anymore. 7/7
