{"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":"2026-08-12T21:25:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:55:34","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>\u2014 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\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> not a stray boundary row <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> structural contest for <i>space<\/i> + <i>status<\/i> between two rising powers<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> <b>Pardesi\u2019s<\/b> overlapping spheres <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Himalayas \/ South Asia \/ Indian Ocean as one rivalry, not many<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>three-sector border <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> west: Aksai Chin (Xinjiang\u2013Tibet highway) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> east: \u201cSouth Tibet\u201d \/ Tawang <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> dispute rooted in Tibet + exiled Dalai Lama <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> second axis = encirclement <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Pakistan + CPEC-through-PoK <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> BRI rejected on sovereignty <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> String of Pearls (Gwadar\u2013Hambantota) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> newer pressure = water <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Yarlung Tsangpo mega-dam (Dec 2024), lower-riparian India <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Galwan 2020 breaks 1988 consensus (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Banerjee<\/b>) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> border now conditions everything <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> India\u2013US + Quad convergence resented<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>interdependence + BRICS pull toward engagement <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Oct 2024 Depsang\u2013Demchok accord restores some calm<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> points interlock \u2014 territory, Tibet, Pakistan, ocean, water \u2014 one contest for Asian primacy<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> thaw incremental, not settlement (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Joshi<\/b>) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> frontier peace the precondition <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> contention stays geo-strategic and open<\/p>\n<\/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":5,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4983,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1571\/revisions\/4983"}],"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}]}}