THE HISTORIC INFLUENCE OF THE TIBETANS-IN-EXILE ISSUE ON SINO - INDIAN RELATIONS

Moda Hu1 and Peng Zhu2 *
1 Graduate student, Jinan University, PR China, 2817242295@qq.com
2 Associate Prof. Dr., Jinan University, PR China, 83696861@qq.com
*Corresponding author

Abstract

Recent years witnessed the military tensions in the border areas between China and India and the rising antagonistic feelings between the people of the two countries. The border dispute seems to become a problem that has to be solved. In fact, the border dispute is neither the most critical issue nor the main obstacle of Sino-Indian relations, not to mention being completely solved by military action. Both history and reality show that the Tibetans-in-exile issue is the crux of long-term discord between China and India, and the most urgent issue that calls for a solution. the Tibetans-in-exile issue not only worsened the Sino-Indian relations in the late 1950s, which triggered a large-scale war later, but also caused the fact that the successive governments of the two countries have been bearing a grudge against each other and in discord constantly, unable to reach a settlement on the border dispute. Furthermore, the Tibetans-in-exile issue could even serve as a time-bomber endangering the stability of both nations, which made China and India carry a heavy historical burden. At present, the spiritual leader of the Tibetans in exile has stepped into his later years, the Tibetan government-in-exile also tends to fall into extremism, which urgently calls for an established consensus between China and India and an acceptable solution for both sides. Only in this way can the imminent trouble affecting the peaceful development of the two countries be fundamentally eliminated. This article will explore the historical origin and the development of the Tibetans-in-exile issue, and further analyze its impacts on the past and future Sino-Indian relations, and propose a workable solution for the issue in the end.

Keywords: Tibetans in exile; Sino-Indian Relations; Dalai Lama; Rebellion in Tibet; Tibetan Independence



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CITATION: Abstracts & Proceedings of INTCESS 2018- 5th International Conference on Education and Social Sciences, 5-7 February 2018- Istanbul, Turkey

ISBN: 978-605-82433-2-3