{"id":1571,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/examine-the-geo-strategic-points-of-contention-in-the-bilateral-upsc-psir-2020-4604\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:35","slug":"examine-the-geo-strategic-points-of-contention-in-the-bilateral-upsc-psir-2020-4604","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/examine-the-geo-strategic-points-of-contention-in-the-bilateral-upsc-psir-2020-4604\/","title":{"rendered":"Examine the Geo-strategic points of contention in the bilateral relationship between India and China."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>&mdash; how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">R1 not astray boundary row = structural contest for space + status between two rising powers k2 Pardesi\u2019s overlapping spheres \u2014 Himalayas \/ South Asia \/ Indian Ocean as one rivalry, not many<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">three-sector border &gt; west: Aksai Chin (Xinjiang-Tibet highway) ~ east: \u201cSouth Tibet\u201d \/ Tawang \u2014 dispute rooted in Tibet + exiled Dalai Lama \u2014 second axis = encirclement \u2014 Pakistan + CPEC- through-PoK &#8211; BRI rejected on sovereignty &#8211; String of Pearls (Gwadar-Hambantota) &gt; newer pressure = water &gt; Yarlung Tsangpo mega-dam (Dec 2024), lower-riparian India &gt; Galwan 2020 breaks 1988 consensus (Banerjee) ~ border now conditions everything &gt; India-US + Quad convergence resented<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">interdependence + BRICS pull toward engagement \u2014 Oct 2024 Depsang\u2014Demchok accord restores some calm<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Rk! points interlock \u2014 territory, Tibet, Pakistan, ocean, water \u2014 bands one contest for Asian primacy k2 thaw incremental, not settlement (Joshi) &#8211; frontier peace the precondition \u2014 contention stays geo-strategic and open<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[41],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[85],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1571","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-41","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-india-and-the-global-centres-of-power","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3394,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1571\/revisions\/3394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1571"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1571"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1571"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}