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Examine the recent developments in Sino-Indian relations.

  • UPSC 2002
  • India and the Global Centres of Power

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In 2002 the relationship was recovering from its sharpest post-1988 setback, the 1998 nuclear tests. The recovery followed the formula Rajiv Gandhi and Deng Xiaoping set in 1988: park the boundary, build confidence and expand everything else. The developments of 1998–2002 show that formula at work. Those since 2020 show its collapse.

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  • The 1998 rupture
  • Repair, 1999–2002
  • What followed
  • Conclusion
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