The reason for India not insisting on reciprocal concessions while recognizing China’s suzerainty over Tibet can only be understood in the context of the ‘Hindi Chini bhai-bhai’ spirit of the 1950s where Chinese and Indian leaders swore ‘eternal peace and friendship’. Prime Minister Nehru felt quite satisfied having got a written guarantee of good behaviour from China. The treaty was signed on 29 April 1954 at Peking. This, in hindsight, was a diplomatic coup for China. From India’s point of view, it was a disaster, as it mainly served China’s interests, although the Indian government’s PR
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