It seems like these two will be at odds with one another forever, regardless of the current state of politics in India. While the far right/BJP’s grip on power is waning and won’t last forever, it does feel like neither China nor India will move forward with significant collaboration. China has effectively built its Belt Road all the way around the country.

This is of tremendous detriment to India, literally the most populous country on the planet, because it knows the USA is an unreliable partner and its only real ally is Russia, with whom they can’t even trade energy with due to geographical constraints.

Moving forward, what is China’s plan with India? Is there any intention to smoothen these relations?

  • LalSalaamComrade@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    3 days ago

    INC’s relationship with China has been terrible to the point of war - this was during INC’s Nehruvian socialism era. BJP, on the other hand hasn’t done anything about it, and the Congress has repeatedly blamed them for being anti-patriotic as well as a sellout. This border is also the reason for the CPI split, and the strained relationship between CPI and CPIM.

    Historically speaking, those lands belong to the Qing Empire and some of it to the Dogra dynasty (after the fall of Qing, I think?), but we all gotta thank the British for fucking up centuries worth of relationship between two neighbours. Oh, and let’s also not forget Pakistan and Kashmir - faux-revolutionaries got them colonial toes sucking, the British found it convenient to keep South Asia in check by dividing it between political dynasts - namely, the Gandhi-Nehrus, the Patels, the Bose, the Pawars, etc in India, the Bhuttos, the Bhatts, the Khans, etc in Pakistan.

    • loathsome dongeaterAEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      Following the incident at Kongka Pass, S A Dange, one of the founding members of the CPI from Maharashtra, and representative of the party in Lok Sabha, condemned the Chinese unequivocally.

      The last straw though, that ultimately led to the splitting of the party, was the issue over a few letters written by Dange which were found by party leftist Dwijen Nandi, showed the former offering his service to the British intelligence.

      Aa is tradition.