SINO-INDIANRELATIONS. PART 1 PERIOD OF 1950S DURING THE COLD WAR

The Part 1 of this study contains overall introduction to the topic of Sino-Indian relations from the foundation of Republic of India and People’s Republic of China to the present time. Major part is focused on bilateral relations in the 1950s. As first, the factor of Tibet is analyzed. It continues with analysis of the beginning of border dispute, characterized with India’s publication of new maps in 1954 and claim on the entire Aksai Chin region. Consequently the 1959 events are analyzed. Tibet uprising, India’s forward policy and Kongka Pass Incident represent beginning of the overall deterioration of Sino-Indian relations. At the end of Part 1 the roots of Sino-Indian border dispute are analyzed, because Part 2 thematically follows.