If You Want to Understand Why China and India Are So Far Apart on Resolving Their Border Dispute, Then Read This Blog

HEADLINE TRANSLATION: China-India high-level BRICS meeting, regarding the border issue, India offered a solution, and China responded

Part of the problem at the root of the worsening border dispute between India and China is that both sides are approaching the issue from two totally different, wholly divergent perspectives.

While the Indian government accuses China of encroaching on its territory, claiming thousands of kilometers of Himalayan territory as part of Tibet, the Chinese side, in contrast, tends to be reserved about the whole issue — as if it’s settled and there’s really nothing to discuss.

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