Pak-China Boundary Agreement: Factors and Indian Reactions

Manzoor Khan Afridi and Abdul Zahoor Khan

International Journal of Social Science Studies, 2016, vol. 4, issue 2, 1-5

Abstract: Aim of the paper is to discuss the Sino-Pakistan boundary agreement and to analyze the factors responsible. In 1960, Pakistan put forward its offer to China for border demarcation. The Chinese Government did not respond to the Pakistani offer. China was working hard to persuade India for the border settlement. But when the hopes for the Sino-Indian rapprochement failed, China asserted for negotiations with Pakistan. China was also motivated by the concept that the Western powers might manipulate the situation between the two countries and could assert pressure on Pakistan¡¯s decision making process which would bring hostilities between the two countries. If China would more delay its border negotiations with Pakistan, the US wishes might come true and a permanent stalemate in relations could persist in future. As long as Pakistan was dependent on the US for its military and economic needs, it seemed difficult to get closer with China and negotiate for a border demarcation. Despite the opposition of India and the US, both Pakistan and China demarcated their border and signed a boundary agreement.

Keywords: Pakistan; China; Boundary; Kashmir; Xinjiang; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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