India and China’s relationship appears to have warmed in recent months, with a trip by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Beijing in August and the resumption of direct flights and visas. But with an unresolved land border dispute, China’s rising maritime ambitions in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and India’s growing diplomatic and economic ties with Taiwan, is this just a brief reprieve before yet another downturn? In 1950, a newly independent India was the first non-communist country to recognize the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and India’s first president Jawaharlal Nehru helped pave the way for China’s reacceptance by the international community. Barely a decade later, the two countries were at war. To help us understand why this early support dissolved into mistrust, we are joined by two top scholars from India’s prestigious Centre for China Analysis and Strategy, including Jayadeva Ranade, the institute’s president and author of *China: The Hardening State and Its Impact on the Region* (italics).
Our guests:
Jayadeva Ranade
- Centre for China Analysis and Strategy President
- Former National Security Advisory Board Member
Namrata Hasijia
- Centre for China Analysis and Strategy Research Fellow
- Former MOFA Taiwan Visiting Fellow
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