India and China, the cultural cousins of the past were reduced to colonial cousins during the 19th century by the British colonialists. If the colonial connections strengthened the bonds between the Indian and Chinese people during the 19th century, the same sowed the seeds of conflict during the 20th century. India wished to forge alliance with the nationalist as well as the communist China; however, the colonial legacy denied that alliance with both the parties. India s hobnobbing with Taiwan in the wake of the 1962 hostilities did not go unnoticed in Beijing, however, after the relations...
India and China, the cultural cousins of the past were reduced to colonial cousins during the 19th century by the British colonialists. If the colonia...
