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Revision note: India–China Relations: Border, Trade and Strategic Competition

  • Recognition 1950; Panchsheel 1954; 1962 war (Aksai Chin); Rajiv visit 1988
  • Agreements: 1993, 1996, 2003 SR mechanism, 2005, 2012 WMCC, 2013 BDCA
  • LAC ~3,488 km; sectors west/middle/east; McMahon Line 1914
  • Doklam 2017 (73 days); Galwan 15 June 2020; Depsang–Demchok patrolling deal Oct 2024
  • Responses: Press Note 3 (2020), app bans, PLI, Vibrant Villages, RCEP exit 2019
  • CPEC via PoK; String of Pearls; Yarlung Tsangpo dams; ELM 2006
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