Security Code: India-China conflict began in 1947, not 1962 war. Its lessons still haunt New Delhi

26/08/2025 11 min Episodio 8729
Security Code: India-China conflict began in 1947, not 1962 war. Its lessons still haunt New Delhi

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The borders that India and China went to war over in 1962, and are now trying to negotiate, were legacies of British imperialism—and held up by its guns. The crisis began in 1947, as Britain’s influence over Tibet ended, plunging the region into chaos. The challenge today is to imagine new borders, free from the shadow of imperialism.

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