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100			_aMaxwell, Neville
245			_aSino-Indian border dispute reconsidered
260			_c1999
300			_ap.905-18
362			_a10 Apr
520			_aThe Nehru government sought to decide for itself where India's borders with China should lie and then impose the alignments it had chosen on Beijing, refusing to negotiate them. That meant that unless Beijing surrendered to India's territorial claims to Aksai Chin and areas north of the McMahon Line conflict was inevitable. China's military action in 1962 was reactive and pre-emptive, and that India suffered `unprovoked aggression' is a self-serving myth. That there has been no settlement of the Sino-Indian borders is the consequence of Nehru's policies, to which successor governments, except Narasimha Rao's, have strictly adhered. - Reproduced
650			_aIndia - Foreign relations - China
650			_aInternational relations
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
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999			_c40631 _d40631