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History has made India’s living with China a very complicated business. The two countries, however, continue to muddle through, and their relationship has managed to move somewhat beyond the old rivalry. While an increasing number of Western experts, including Indian scholars based in Western countries, tend to see the future of the India-China relationship in terms of confrontation or rivalry, many Indian experts, even Indian hardliners, describe it more like a quiet competition or an important challenge.2 No one in India today sees China as essentially a malevolent and sinister entity out to demolish India. Instead, it is their mutual confidence building that has become the hallmark of India-China ties.3 Therefore, even though their interactions remain a rather complex web, recent years have witnessed both sides strengthening some positive trends in their relationship.
1. Swaran Singh is Professor for Diplomacy and Disarmament at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He is President, Association of Asia Scholars (New Delhi) and General Secretary, Indian Congress of Asian & Pacific Studies (Varanasi, India). He can be reached at ssingh@mail.jnu.ac.in.
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Singh, S. (2009). India and China: Confidence Building through Crises. In: Tang, S., Li, M., Acharya, A. (eds) Living with China. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230622623_5
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