The border with China even today is an unresolved problem. Unlike the settlement and demarcation of frontiers between Nepal, Bhutan and Burma which also followed the Himalayan watershed principle, Mao Tse-tung did not want the boundary settled with India for the simple reason that with the passage of time, Chinese claims based on—what it wouldn’t be inaccurate to call—the whims of its leader then would develop a legitimacy of their own. It is, therefore, even more vital for India’s future generations to truly understand the genesis and complexities of our conflict with China—across the
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