Tibet and Security of India : Himalayan Region Refugees and Sino-India Relation

Contents: Preface. 1. Tibet and India’s security. 2. Tibet: India-sino relations in 21st century. 3. Tibetan refugees and security in India. 4. Sino-Indian war and conflict. 5. Chinese migration policy in Tibet. 6. The Tibet factor in India-China Relations. Bibliography. Index.

China-India relations, also called Sino-Indian relations or Indo-China relations, refers to the bilateral relationship between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of India. The India-China War of 1962 is one of the defining events in independent India’s history. Historically, refugees from Tibet were central to Sino-Indian relations. Now economy and trade may appear to be overtaking it as the first concern, but in soft power terms, India giving shelter to them is inherent to our strategic culture based on soft power. Indo-Tibetan relations was made to the press on September 16, 1952, by the Indian Ministry of External relations. It stated that the 16-year-old Indian Mission in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, would be wound up and replaced by a Consulate-General, but that whereas the Mission maintained direct relations between India and Tibet, the new Consulate-General but that whereas the Mission maintained direct relations between  India and Tibet, the new consulate-General would be accredited to China. In other words, Indian recognition seemed to be entirely withdrawn from Tibet and thus the period of cooperation between the two countries on a basis of equality came to an end.