Conflict Analysis China Vs India

Two big nuclear-armed country India & China, in Asia. Border dispute among them has been
continuing many longer. But those countries handled it by table discussing. Sometimes it turns
into small battle. There are 1200 miles border between China and India, and have some disputed
border area. And the remarkable disputes are Aksai Chin, is a region administered by China as part
of its Xinjiang and Tibet autonomous regions and constituting the eastern portion of the larger
Kashmir region which has been the subject of a dispute between India and China since 1962, and
Arunachal Pradesh, it constitutes a mountainous area in the extreme northeastern part of India and
is bordered by the kingdom of Bhutan to the west, the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the
north, Myanmar (Burma) and the Indian state of Nagaland to the south and southeast, and the
Indian state of Assam to the south and southwest. Formerly known as the North East Frontier
Agency (from the British colonial era), the area was part of Assam until it was made the Indian
union territory of Arunachal Pradesh in 1972, and in 1987 it became an Indian state. The region,
however, has been the subject of an ongoing sovereignty dispute between India and China.

If we look at the issues of disputes at present or past, we can see that was not only to occupy the
conflicted territory but also have geopolitical issues and economic issues. Because the remarkable
emergence of industrial and production in every sectors of India is thinkable to china in Asian
market. Indian huge population is now used as power like China, so the monopolies market of
China in Asia, only competitor is India. And if we think about the geopolitical issues noticed that
because of being a Communist country China have some adversity to other, especially those
countries are following USA. Basically, the only friendly country of China is Pakistan, that is also
an issue of conflict. However, India have good term in USA and also some other countries. In this
point USA is controlled all over the country and they can’t tolerate anyone emergence that have
competitor of them. So, the USA used some strategy, how way to dither the country, sometimes
they act as fomenter and formed a competitor country, or emerged of separatists etc. this situation
is maintained by USA, as a polarized supporter, it also seen on 1962 when Sino-Indian conflict
turns into a fight, USA assist India to provide fleeted. However, in this situation when all countries
are in a race of economy where the countries do not be interest to war. So now we see a dynamic
is called cold-war. And every cold war has some intention such as, show up battle or to eye catch
to them or make a pressure to competitor country etc.

In June 5, 2020 we have noticed a dynamic between china and India and this dynamic turns into a
small battle. fighting between Chinese and Indian soldiers on disputed western Himalayan borders
left 20 Indian soldiers dead, 20 seriously injured, and an unknown number of Chinese casualties.
The conflict was triggered by roads built near the border, and possibly dams. These projects all
further stress the fragile and globally crucial high-altitude environment.

Most of the commentary over the disputes has focused on China’s growing foreign policy
assertiveness, and the long-standing nature of the dispute. But the clash should also call into
question the necessity of territorializing these fragile and isolated environments.

The clash on the night of June 15-16 marked the first time that soldiers have died in combat
between China and India in the past 40 years. But these are not the only soldiers or their support
staff to die in this region during that time. China, India and Pakistan have been arguing over the
western Himalaya region for over 70 years. During this time, thousands of soldiers have died, and
significant damage has been done to the fragile environment, including the glaciers that sit at the
headwaters of the Indus, Brahmaputra and Tarim River Basins.

To end the conflict, nonterritorial approaches, which can manage the environment and better serve
Indigenous peoples, are necessary.

In their territorial counterclaims, China and India accuse each other of encroaching on land or
enacting “colonial-era borders.” But historical sources suggest that the idea of a lineal border,
drawn from peak-to-peak through high-altitude regions, was itself a colonial invention.

The Tibetans, Ladakhis, Balti, and Gilgit people, who have the longest relationship to these lands,
did not approach borders this way. Treaties between these peoples, like the Treaty of Tingmosgang
between the Tibetans and Ladakhis in the 17th century, defined boundaries at mountain passes,
where trade could be conducted, and the movement of armies could be thwarted. Only nomads
travelled up into the high-altitude desert valleys, and then only in summer. The peoples of the
region still transmit cultural memories of the dangers of high-altitude valleys and the
environmental consequences of despoiling their water sources.