| India and China agrees to conduct Army exercises |
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| World Affairs Talk | |
| Tuesday, 12 June 2007 | |
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Combined size and population of India and China make them the largest geographical and human resource mass on the planet. They also share a past of colonial and imperialist subjugation from which freedom had to be won with a major struggle, paradoxically enough, the two countries fought a war with each other over disputed frontiers. The proposed exercise will be held in October 2007 and will see 100 Indian troops sent to China for a workout in anti-terrorism tactics. India and China, who fought a brief but bloody border war in 1962, previously conducted joint naval exercises in the East China Sea in 2003, but otherwise contacts between two of the world's largest armed forces have been scarce. But diplomatic contacts between the two economic rivals have increased in recent years, with many bilateral visits and two-way trade touching two billion dollars a month. India claims that China occupies 38,000 square kilometers of its territory, while China claims 90,000 square kilometers of the northeastern Arunachal Pradesh state belongs to itself. Reinforcement of mutual trust and exchanges will be beneficial for the development of all-round cooperation partnership in the two countries through this joint exercise. Share & Bookmark             |
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