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Protracted contest (Record no. 559578)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 0195656954
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Transcribing agency IIT Kanpur
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Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
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Classification number 303.48251054
Item number G199p
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Personal name Garver, John W.
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Title Protracted contest
Remainder of title Sino-Indian rivalry in the twentieth century
Statement of responsibility, etc John W. Garver
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Edition statement v, 122p
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Number of Pages v, 122p
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc This book is a must for anyone interested in Sino-India relations. It chronologically analysizes the relations/events between modern China and India upto the late 1990's and mainly covers military and political aspects. It's interesting to read the Chinese view points and policies though understandably overall more of the Indian perceptions are explained.

The author John Garver has done a thorough job and I was suprised the the in-depth information on all important issues. References to Sardar Patel as leader 'realpolitik', failures of Indian diplomacy to garner support inspite of supporting democratic insistitutions/values in the region, China playing the Pakistan card to achieve higher status, India's sphere of influence v/s China's tributary status in the region, reasons for Sino-Soviet split are some of the few.

Now with post-Deng China attaining great economic progress and slowly abandoning its belligerent Maoist policies, it would be good to see if it can sustain this level of progress without social change and freedom. At the same time India's bureaucratic and dysfunctional democratic system needs a lot of catching up to do if it wants to reduce the progress gap with China. The opening of the Nathu-La pass, the Qinghai-Tibet railway, fierce competition for global energy resourses etc.; these two Asian giants are getting more interactive leading to rivalalry with few instances of cooperation. Like John Garver says that unless India is willing to become a junior partner of China in the emerging world order, we may further see Sino-Indian rivalry in the 21st century.
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Topical Term International relations
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Topical Term India
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Topical Term China
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        General Stacks PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur 2018-09-14 303.48251054 G199p GB1321 Books

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