India - China : International Relationship

Background

• 2nd Informal summit between PM Modi & Chinese President
• I Wuhan informal summit: Doklam crisis
• II Mamallapuram informal summit: China stands on J&K
• Summits were not expected to resolve existing disputes.
• Growing Chinese Dominance over India leading to asymmetric relation
• Policy option before India to change this asymmetric relationship into a symmetric relationship.

3 c's of India - china relation

1. cooperation
2. competition
3. conflict

• Cooperation
• Reform of Global architecture:- IMF, World Bank
• Climate Change Talks: BASIC, CBDR
• WTO trade negotiations: Trade War, G-33
• Security situation: Af- Pak region
• Common Membership 
• BRICKS
• SCO
• AIIB
• G-33
• BASIC
• Competition
• Economic Size: India's GDP size of  $2.7 trillion vs china's $13.6 trillion
• Indian ocean region: China's string of pearls vs India's SAGAR
• Engagement with neighborhood - Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal.
• Engagement in Indo-pacific region
• Conflict
• Border disputes: Chinese occupation of Aksai chin, claims over Arunachal pradesh, doklam crisis
• CPEC : China's involvement in POK
• China's refusal for India's membership to international organisations - UNSC, NSG.
• China's support to Pakistan: Masood Azhar, FATF

Neutralization:

• China Prevents India Form following policies which are against China's Intrest
• Exploration of Oil block allocated by Vietnam is south china sea to India.
• Keeping Australia out of Malabar exercises
• india's membership in Quad
• India stands in Hong Kong.
• China follows policies against India's Interest
• involvement in CPEC
• Membership of UNSC, NSG, etc.
• Support for Masood Azhar.

Options before India:

• Must focus on Sustained GDP growth & Development
• learn from the experience of higher GDP growth rates in India between 2003-2007.
• Enable India to catch up with China.
• Growing Economic clout of India will make china more sensitive towards India's interests and concerns
• Use some leverage over china
• China's interest in India's domestic market, particularly smartphones.
• Roll out of 5G, where China's Huawei is the leader.
• Focus on India's neighborhood
• Enhanced physical connectivity and economic integration with the countries in the neighborhood.
• India's economy should because of the engine of growth for the India sub-continent.