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The Himalayan Face-Off Chinese Assertion and the Indian Riposte
Even if bilateral trade between India and China goes beyond $100 billion in the coming years, China's posture towards India is adversarial and will perhaps remain so in the future, with Beijing viewing New Delhi through the prism of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government-in-exile.
A rising China, inflexible on boundary dispute resolution and with strong tentacles across South Asia and beyond, could encroach on India's strategic space and lead to a potential crisis this decade.
In April 2013, Indian troops sighted an advance patrol of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) 19 km deep within Indian territory, a considerable distance from the Line of Actual Control, the de facto border claim line that was drawn up after the 1962 war between the two countries Ð a war that still traumatizes the mind of India's political and military establishment.
Protracted negotiations led to the withdrawal of Chinese troops, but the incursion laid bare the intent of the world's largest standing army. Despite recent advances in the bilateral relationship, highlighted by the nearly $70 billion trade between the two countries, China continues to regard Indian interests as secondary, and India as a regional adversary.
In this breakthrough work, seasoned journalist and author of the bestselling Indian Mujahideen Shishir Gupta details the various advances made by Beijing, particularly the PLA, in encircling India and stifling the latter's bid to break out as an aspiring superpower. Gupta discusses Indian political, diplomatic and military responses to China's assertion in the subcontinent and beyond, and the various course corrections India must undergo in its foreign and defence policies to counter China's might and influence on matters of India's national security.
A rising China, inflexible on boundary dispute resolution and with strong tentacles across South Asia and beyond, could encroach on India's strategic space and lead to a potential crisis this decade.
In April 2013, Indian troops sighted an advance patrol of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) 19 km deep within Indian territory, a considerable distance from the Line of Actual Control, the de facto border claim line that was drawn up after the 1962 war between the two countries Ð a war that still traumatizes the mind of India's political and military establishment.
Protracted negotiations led to the withdrawal of Chinese troops, but the incursion laid bare the intent of the world's largest standing army. Despite recent advances in the bilateral relationship, highlighted by the nearly $70 billion trade between the two countries, China continues to regard Indian interests as secondary, and India as a regional adversary.
In this breakthrough work, seasoned journalist and author of the bestselling Indian Mujahideen Shishir Gupta details the various advances made by Beijing, particularly the PLA, in encircling India and stifling the latter's bid to break out as an aspiring superpower. Gupta discusses Indian political, diplomatic and military responses to China's assertion in the subcontinent and beyond, and the various course corrections India must undergo in its foreign and defence policies to counter China's might and influence on matters of India's national security.
356 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2014
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May 1, 2014
I was expecting the story of the 1962 war with China but this book is not about that.Its more an analysis on the current defense strategy, weapons , the administrative framework,infrastructure capability,Weapons of China vis a vis India along with China's tactical and strategic relations with its neighbors.It talks about the possibility of a war again with china and the current preparedness of the India against such advances. This does a thorough analysis of the past and future events and the long standing border issue.This is no light reading and took me a lot of effort to complete.A must read for someone doing defense studies on China.The part on Tibet was interesting.But all together not my kind of book.
June 19, 2015
Very informative about Indo-China relations with plethora of detail and unbiased commentary by the author. The author has successfully conveyed his immense hold on the subject and delivered an enlightening account of the current scenario in South and South-East Asia & beyond and status quo on either side of the LAC.
May 19, 2014
comprehensive account of the India China geo politics. Must read for anyone interested in the issue.
November 3, 2014
Pretty precise analysis of the things as they stand between India and China. Awesome read!
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