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I have added the words "de facto" to India's treatment of Tibet's independence, using a quote from Van Eekelen. I am not convinced that Mehrotra's treatment of the subject is conclusive. Better sources are needed. -- Kautilya3 ( talk) 12:11, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
Closely related to the boundary issue was the question of Tibet. During their rule in India the British had sought to maintain Tibet as a buffer state free of external influence, particularly Russian. They had only acknowledged China’s “suzeraintyâ€â€”as opposed to sovereignty— over Tibet. In practice this meant that British India maintained direct diplomatic ties with Lhasa and enjoyed other privileges, such as trading rights and armed detachments, in Tibet. [1]
Independent India’s policy towards Tibet was under sporadic consideration even before the Chinese civil war ended.... The assumption that a strong Chinese government would seize Tibet and advance claims to the region below the McMahon Line appears to have been widely accepted.[4: See, for example, Embassy in Nanking to FO, 18 August 1948, FO 371/ 70043, TNA.] [2]
Nehru was convinced that China and India must remain on good terms and genuinely thought that the Chinese would clarify their relations with Tibet by peaceful means. He told a press conference in March 1950 that he did not want to interfere in Tibet, and Krishna Menon, his High Commissioner in London, told journalists that talks were going on 'in the hope of moderating Chinese action in Tibet' The Indian Government, he said, "fully recognised the validity of Chinese claims but wished simply to advise against precipitate action. He believed that China would listen when asked not to take a strictly legalistic view on India's recognition of Chinese suzerainty over Tibet. [3]
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Wonder of the wonders that it was NDA that gave up the suzerainty policy. Was there any debate about this within India? China claims that "India recognised Tibet as a part of China", whatever that means. [1] What exactly did the joint declaration say? -- Kautilya3 ( talk) 12:23, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
A treaty signed on 23 June 2003 by India and China that pledged both countries to peaceful and harmonious relations. In it India reasserted its policy of recognizing China’s sovereignty over Tibet. One paragraph states, “The Indian side recognizes that the Tibet Autonomous Region is part of the territory of the People’s Republic of China and reiterates that it does not allow Tibetans to engage in anti-China political activities in India.†[2]
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I have added the words "de facto" to India's treatment of Tibet's independence, using a quote from Van Eekelen. I am not convinced that Mehrotra's treatment of the subject is conclusive. Better sources are needed. -- Kautilya3 ( talk) 12:11, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
Closely related to the boundary issue was the question of Tibet. During their rule in India the British had sought to maintain Tibet as a buffer state free of external influence, particularly Russian. They had only acknowledged China’s “suzeraintyâ€â€”as opposed to sovereignty— over Tibet. In practice this meant that British India maintained direct diplomatic ties with Lhasa and enjoyed other privileges, such as trading rights and armed detachments, in Tibet. [1]
Independent India’s policy towards Tibet was under sporadic consideration even before the Chinese civil war ended.... The assumption that a strong Chinese government would seize Tibet and advance claims to the region below the McMahon Line appears to have been widely accepted.[4: See, for example, Embassy in Nanking to FO, 18 August 1948, FO 371/ 70043, TNA.] [2]
Nehru was convinced that China and India must remain on good terms and genuinely thought that the Chinese would clarify their relations with Tibet by peaceful means. He told a press conference in March 1950 that he did not want to interfere in Tibet, and Krishna Menon, his High Commissioner in London, told journalists that talks were going on 'in the hope of moderating Chinese action in Tibet' The Indian Government, he said, "fully recognised the validity of Chinese claims but wished simply to advise against precipitate action. He believed that China would listen when asked not to take a strictly legalistic view on India's recognition of Chinese suzerainty over Tibet. [3]
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Wonder of the wonders that it was NDA that gave up the suzerainty policy. Was there any debate about this within India? China claims that "India recognised Tibet as a part of China", whatever that means. [1] What exactly did the joint declaration say? -- Kautilya3 ( talk) 12:23, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
A treaty signed on 23 June 2003 by India and China that pledged both countries to peaceful and harmonious relations. In it India reasserted its policy of recognizing China’s sovereignty over Tibet. One paragraph states, “The Indian side recognizes that the Tibet Autonomous Region is part of the territory of the People’s Republic of China and reiterates that it does not allow Tibetans to engage in anti-China political activities in India.†[2]
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