The Tibet Factor in Indo-China Relations

Abstract

The fact is that India & China have a long history of bitter rivalry and some unsolved border disputes in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. Regarding the strategic and security issues, both the countries are always guided by mistrust and competition. The origin of the Tibet Problem can be viewed in the perspective of the Chinese occupation of Tibet in 1951 which eliminated a buffer between the two Asian giants and transformed the border dispute in to a rivalry. However, the entry of Chinese troops in Tibet in the wake of 1956 made the problem more critical and the grant of asylum by India to Dalai Lama, China charged India as an expansionist country. Consequently India and China felt an urgent need to reach on a solution of their border disputes and both of them tried to solve the matter. The present research paper highlights the Tibet Factor in Indo-China Relation in its historical perspective since its origin.