India and the China Crisis

The earliest accounts of the Sino—Indian boundary dispute cast India as the victim of Chinese betrayal and expansionism, but a more favorable image of China vis—a—vis India has appeared since the 1970s. Since then, China has been portrayed as the victim of India's self—righteous intransigence, with the 1962 India—China war occurring because China was provoked into practicing a justifiable form of realpolitik. These two seemingly irreconcilable academic schools of thought still exist. In thi...