{"id":219294,"date":"2022-12-21T19:15:40","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T13:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=219294"},"modified":"2022-12-21T19:15:40","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T13:45:40","slug":"indias-china-problem-tawang-clash-sixty-years-on-why-doesnt-india-have-a-china-specific-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-china-problem-tawang-clash-sixty-years-on-why-doesnt-india-have-a-china-specific-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"India’s China problem: Tawang clash: Sixty years on, why doesn\u2019t India have a China-specific strategy?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cTawang clash: Sixty years on, why doesn\u2019t India have a China-specific strategy?\u201d <\/strong>published in the Indian Express <\/b>on 21st<\/sup>\u00a0<\/strong>November 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus<\/strong>: GS \u2013 2 \u2013 India and its neighbourhood relations.<\/p>\n

Relevance<\/strong>: About India’s China problem.<\/p>\n

News<\/strong>: This year marks the 60th anniversary of the 1962 India-China War. The recent clash between Indian troops and PLA soldiers in the vicinity of Tawang should serve as a harsh reminder of the close call that Arunachal Pradesh (then known as the North-Eastern Frontier Agency or NEFA) had in 1962.<\/p>\n

About the 1962 China-India war<\/h5>\n

The Chinese PLA advanced along two axes 500 miles apart \u2014 Tawang and Walong. They overran NEFA in three weeks. Later, China declared a ceasefire and PLA troops withdrew 20 km behind the McMahon Line.<\/p>\n

Due to faulty intelligence and military incompetence, the Indian army faced challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more: The new India-China Tawang crisis: Where, why, and what now<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Why India’s China problem is worrying?<\/h5>\n

1)<\/strong> Despite India’s advancement in military capabilities in the past 60 years, China has seen phenomenal economic, technological and military growth<\/strong> and competes with the USA for the global \u201cpole-position\u201d, 2)<\/strong> China has imposed a huge economic burden on India’s defence budget<\/strong> by forcing the \u201ccounter-mobilisation\u201d of 50,000-60,000 extra Indian troops,\u00a03)<\/strong> India’s post-Covid financial situation and depressed GDP growth rates<\/strong> will not permit any significant hike in defence expenditure, 4)<\/strong> India’s liabilities with the \u201cpay and pension\u201d system<\/strong> makes modernisation and re-equipment of the armed forces not possible, 5)<\/strong> India’s defence budget at present is 2.1% of the GDP. Schemes like Agnipath and bans on the import of military hardware do not save instant money and do not bring instant self-reliance, and 6)<\/strong> India not only lacks a China-specific strategy<\/strong>, but also a national security strategy (NSS)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Note<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Cabinet Committee on Security<\/strong> is a four-member committee chaired by the PM. This committee is meant to be the final arbiter on all matters of national security.<\/em><\/p>\n

The high-powered National Security Council<\/strong>, the Strategic Policy Group<\/strong>, and the National Security Advisory Board<\/strong> were tasked with strategic analysis and evolution of policy options.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

How India can solve India’s China problem?<\/h5>\n

a)<\/strong> Resumption of robust economic growth<\/strong> is the only solution for India’s \u201cguns vs butter\u201d dilemma. For this, India should work on effective savings by cutting down on wasteful\/non-essential government expenditure, reducing vote-garnering subsidies, or disinvesting\/monetising idle assets, b)<\/strong> India must acquire absolute clarity about China\u2019s larger objectives <\/strong>and work on military to seek tactical advantage<\/strong>, c) India’s diplomatic policy should shift from \u201creactive\u201d to \u201cproactive\u201d <\/strong>and start working on reducing Sino-Indian trade deficit of $70 billion<\/strong>, d)<\/strong> India should canvass international opinion via the UN, G20 and other international forums<\/strong> to pressurise China to come to the negotiating table, and e)<\/strong> The Sino-Indian Border Peace and Tranquility Agreement<\/strong> is now 30 years old, so the government should rework on that agreement to control present aggression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more: India- China boundary conflict<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cTawang clash: Sixty years on, why doesn\u2019t India have a China-specific strategy?\u201d published in the Indian Express on 21st\u00a0November 2022. Syllabus: GS \u2013 2 \u2013 India and its neighbourhood relations. Relevance: About India’s China problem. News: This year marks the 60th anniversary of the 1962 India-China War. The… Continue reading India’s China problem: Tawang clash: Sixty years on, why doesn\u2019t India have a China-specific strategy?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10500],"class_list":["post-219294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700776060,"cached_date":1704926263},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219294\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}