India in the Eyes of China

Essay from the year 2009 in the subject Politics - Region: South Asia grade: A Webster University (Political Science ) course: Study China language: English abstract: [...] India is geopolitically important for China from two critical and many imperativereasons. First Chinese leaders want to maintain economic growth to do so they need a stabledomestic environment and peaceful borders. Secondly Chinese leaders do not want theUnited States to use India to contain China both militarily and economically. China and Indiafought a war on disputed territories in Ladakh area in 1962. India lost the war with greatembarrassment due to weak and unskilled military but now both China and India have astrong military equipped with both conventional and nuclear weapons. Priorities in bothChina and India have changed. Border disputes between the two countries are no longer toppriority. Both China and India want to put border disputes aside and work for better bilateralrelationdia is economically important to China for many reasons first they want to improvebilateral trade with India. Secondly they realized that international competition is no longerentirely military. It is also to grow economically scientifically and technologically.Therefore they want to cooperate with India both at regional and the global levels to becomea world power. Chinese leadership wants to change the current unilateral international systemto a more balance multi-polar international system in which they want an important role.Other reasons India is important are its rising economic growth a potential future market for Chinese goods and services a good source of raw materials for Chinas future demand and apossible strategic partner in a more economically balance multilateral international system.