(S4-02) Who has the right of claim over the disputed territory of Aksai Chin?
In this persepectives debate, contribute your comments on the debate motion, based on the position that has been assigned to you.
Each posting should only comprise of 1 main point, with relevant supporting examples/evidences and explanation.
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A proposal by Zhou Enlai to settle the border issue by recognising Indian control over Arunachal Pradesh and Chinese control over Aksai Chin was rejected by Jawaharlal Nehru. India’s move for a forward policy to keep the Chinese forces in check and eventually push them out of Aksai Chin. Hence, China did not want to settle the issue using violence and respected India. India was the one to started to war. The war was started after India invaded both disputed and then undisputed Chinese territories. The areas that are under dispute are rather large, roughly 47,000 square miles. But because there are little natural resources in these regions and only one region, namely, Aksai Chin, has some limited strategic value for the Chinese, China was willing to negotiate with India a border settlement. China was willing to negotiate a border settlement with India because it valued the relationship between the two giant developing neighbors and saw a partnership that would lead the developing world against the imperialistic western nations. India’s view at first reciprocated that sentiment. Relations soon turned sour when India’s prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru refused to negotiate with Zhou Enlai and Mao to settle a border that both can live with. India continued to unilaterally claim all of the disputed areas. 1
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China was repressing Tibetan Buddism as part of it's communist regime. The Dalai Lama was seekign religious asylum and sought help in India. The Chinese government accused India of conspiring with reactionary Tibetans to cause the Tibetan revolt and responsible for the abduction of the Dalai Lama. Indian was branded as the “aggressor” by China and was thus accused of violating the 1954 Panchsheela agreement 0
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China has the right of claim over the disputed territory of Aksai Chin. In the first place , India was the one that started the world while china treasured its neighboring country India and was willing to go thru peaceful negotiations for the land.The war was started after India invaded both disputed and then undisputed Chinese territories. The areas that are under dispute are rather large, roughly 47,000 square miles. But because there are little natural resources in these regions and only one region, namely, Aksai Chin, has some limited strategic value for the Chinese, China was willing to negotiate with India a border settlement. China was willing to negotiate a border settlement with India because it valued the relationship between the two giant developing neighbors and saw a partnership that would lead the developing world against the imperialistic western nations. India’s view at first reciprocated that sentiment. Relations soon turned sour when India’s prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru refused to negotiate with Zhou Enlai and Mao to settle a border that both can live with. India continued to unilaterally claim all of the disputed areas. |