11-20-2006, 10:17 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-Ravish+Nov 19 2006, 08:15 PM-->QUOTE(Ravish @ Nov 19 2006, 08:15 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Dear friends,
Before we get worked up and go all out to bash up PRC let us have a look at the fundamentals of the problem. What is the basis of the present border between India and China and on certain portions of the border between India and Tibet? Is it the border drawn and accepted by India and China or is it a border drawn by the British Imperial Power when it was the undisputed superpower. The distinguish contributors of this forum may like to throw some light on this aspect. If the border was drawn immediately after the defeat of the Chinese in the Opium war, then it is quite possible that an arbitrary border was drawn by the Imperial British Government, most probably operating from Simla.
If that is the case, it is quite unrealistic to think that the border of British India was drawn in the proper manner. The world has since changed and India may claim to be a great power, yet all will agree it has not reached the status that the British enjoyed in the previous two centuries. Therefore, if some wrong has been done in the past, it is unfair to expect PRC to accept it silently.
No point in trying to destroy PRC on the forum, it is not going to resolve the problem.
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It is a border negotiated between British Indian Government and independent Tibet. PRC or imperial China was nowhere in picture. Remember that India and China did not have a common border back then. A PRC which conquered Tibet has no right to dispute that border which was signed by Tibetan government. Probably India can negotiate the border with new indpendent Tibet.
Before we get worked up and go all out to bash up PRC let us have a look at the fundamentals of the problem. What is the basis of the present border between India and China and on certain portions of the border between India and Tibet? Is it the border drawn and accepted by India and China or is it a border drawn by the British Imperial Power when it was the undisputed superpower. The distinguish contributors of this forum may like to throw some light on this aspect. If the border was drawn immediately after the defeat of the Chinese in the Opium war, then it is quite possible that an arbitrary border was drawn by the Imperial British Government, most probably operating from Simla.
If that is the case, it is quite unrealistic to think that the border of British India was drawn in the proper manner. The world has since changed and India may claim to be a great power, yet all will agree it has not reached the status that the British enjoyed in the previous two centuries. Therefore, if some wrong has been done in the past, it is unfair to expect PRC to accept it silently.
No point in trying to destroy PRC on the forum, it is not going to resolve the problem.
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It is a border negotiated between British Indian Government and independent Tibet. PRC or imperial China was nowhere in picture. Remember that India and China did not have a common border back then. A PRC which conquered Tibet has no right to dispute that border which was signed by Tibetan government. Probably India can negotiate the border with new indpendent Tibet.