Historical relatoins between beijing and new delhi have undergone times of both war and peace. it has been characterized by both border disputer,resulting in militaryconflict and by economic cooperation. both conutries bespite their belligerent mutual histories have in recent years attempted to reignite diplomatic military and economic ties.

china and india are separated by the formidable geographical obstacles of the tibetan plateau and the himalayan mountain chain. chaina and india today share a border along the himalayas and Nepal and bhutan. Two territories are currently disputed between china and india:Aksai china and Arunachal pradesh. Arunachal pradesh is located near the far east of india while Aksai chin is located near the northwest corner of indaia.

in 1949 the peoples liberation Army befeated the kuomintang (Nationalist party) of china in a civil war and established the peoples republic of china. mao zedong viewed Tibet as an integral part of chinese state. the PRC sought to reassert control over tiber and to end lamaism tibetan buddhism and feudalism which it did by force of arms in 1950. india established diplomatic relations with china in 1950.in 1954, india and the PRC signed an agreement ontibet relating to peaceful coexistence or panch shila. thus the catch phrase of indias diplomacy with china in the 1950s was Hindi-chini bhai -bhai, which means indians and chinese are brothers. in 1954, india published new maps that included the aksai chin region within the boundaries of india. china accused india of expansionism and imperialism in tibet and throughout the himalayan region. china claimed 104,000 km2 of territory over which indias mapsshowed clear sovereignty and demanded rectification of the entire border.

border war 1962

china and india went to a war in 1962 over the border dispute. relations between the PRC and india deterioated during the rest of the 1960s and the early 1970s as sino-pakistani