This is my answer to this question asked by a Chinese friend.
I take this opprtunity to share some thoughts with you. May be by doing this we will become wiser and look to the future with the right strategy that our nations need to take for our common good.
There are many things for which I adore China a country which became independent 2 years after India. Though it has been portrayed to the world that we are sworn enemies but there is no iota of doubt that the way China has marched ahead of India particularly over the last two decades makes us look at it in awe. As an after thought I often think may be India would have been far better if it had become a Communist country then. Democracy brings with it a lot of unwanted baggage for nations who have been ruled for centuries.
Without being distracted further I would like to say that in spite of the success China has enjoyed it has not been a good neighbour. There have been a lot of mistakes we have done in the past and still continuing like hosting the Dalai Lama since 1959 and not building a very good infrastructure along our borders with China, Nepal and Bangladesh. At the same time we have a few similar problems.
Taiwan in China. Kashmir in India. The two problems continue to simmer together. Pakistan being a close and trusted ally of China has distorted the balance in the region. China does not agree on the McMahon Line as its border with us even now saying it was not a signatory to the treaty in 1914. As a result its claim on Arunachal Pradesh in general and Tawang in particular continues and is never letting our ties smoothen. As far as human rights is concerned vis-a-vis USA there will be many contributions by our friends who are better aware.
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