In part 1 of this series we saw a detailed analysis of the relationship between the two giant countries. How it started and how it got good or worsened. Lets see the rest part of the story.
1970s
In 1978, the Indian Minister of External Affairs Atal Bihari Vajpayee made a landmark visit to Beijing, and
both nations officially re-established diplomatic relations in 1979 result being
the PRC modified its pro-Pakistan stand on Kashmir and appeared willing to remain silent
on India's absorption of Sikkim and its special advisory relationship with Bhutan and the Mount Kailash and Mansarovar
lake in Tibet, the mythological home of the Hindu pantheon, were opened to annual pilgrimages.
But as in 1984, Indian soldiers began actively patrolling the Sumdorong Chu Valley in Arunachal Pradesh (formerly NEFA). When the Indian army left the area before the winter the Chinese deployed their troops to the Sumdorong Chu before the Indian team could arrive in the summer and built a Helipad at Wandung. Surprised by the Chinese occupation, India's then Chief of Army Staff, General K.Sundarji, airlifted a brigade to the region.
The two countries have also attempted to extend their
strategic and military relations through ‘Hand in Hand Military
exercise ’.
Till now three rounds of Counter-terror exercise entitled
Hand-in-Hand have been held between the two countries. The defense ministers of
the two countries have developed a mechanism of annual military exercise and
Indian ships also make goodwill visits to Chinese ports.
The two countries have repeatedly failed to resolve their
long-standing border dispute and Indian media outlets have repeatedly reported Chinese military incursions into Indian Territory.
Both nations have steadily established heavy military infrastructure along
border areas. Additionally, India remains wary about China's strong strategic bilateral relations with Pakistan, where China is concerned about Indian military and economic
activities in the disputed South China Sea.
Although
the relationship between India and China has never been too strong in modern
times, but the bilateral trade is
expected to touch $1 Trillion by 2050. There have also been speculations on
Indian side on how to tackle the rising trade deficit with China which
currently stands up at $40 Billion.
In 2008, China emerged as India's largest trading partner and
as per the financial trade is concerned it was
reported in February 2012 that India will reach US$100 billion trade with China by 2015. Bilateral trade between the two
countries reached US$73 billion in 2011, making China India's largest trade
partner, but slipped to US$66 billion in 2012.
Though bilateral trade has continuously grown, India faces massive trade
imbalance heavily in favor of China.
Culture -
India and China are now banking on culture and creativity to
act as connectors between people of the two countries. Both countries have
designated this year as the Year of India-China
Friendship. Buddhism provides civilizational connect and Bollywood bonding
is becoming stronger - a festival of Bollywood
films was launched in China recently to much acclaim. The two countries are
now looking to sign a pact on the joint production of films, which promises to
build a new popular bridge between them and give Indian filmmakers access to
the second largest market in the world after the US.
The agreements cover a variety of areas including investments
into the road and port infrastructure of India, cooperation in space and in
nuclear energy, construction of industrial parks in India, joint efforts in
combating terrorism, cultural cooperation and a twin cities agreement between
Mumbai and Shanghai.
BUT , according to a 2013 BBC World Service Poll, 36% of Indians view China positively,
with 27% expressing a negative view, whereas 23% of Chinese people view India
positively, with 45% expressing a negative view . Still you feel ‘ Hindi-Chini
bhai-bhai’ , I don’t think so.
US$2.04 trillion
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US$10.35 trillion
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0.586 (medium)
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0.719 (high)
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319,390 (millions of USD)
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4,009,553 (millions of USD)
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US$45.785 billion (2.5% of GDP)
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US$166.107 billion (2012) (2.0% of
GDP)
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Manpower
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Active troops: 1,325,000
(2,142,821 reserve personnel)
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Active troops: approximately
2,285,000 (800,000 reserve personnel)
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About
the Author :
Adhiraj
Singh Jhala is a Computer Science final year student at VIT and a die heart
defense aspirant. He loves adventure sports and playing football. Photography
is his passion and loves to serve society by working for NGO . This article
is a way to help defense aspirants to present his critical views on the
topic, on the forum so that collective exchange of thoughts can take place.
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