China’s South Asia Policy

K. N. Ramachandran

Late Shri K. N. Ramachandran was Research Fellow at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, at the time of writing this Article. Later, he served as… Continue reading China’s South Asia Policy read more

The first half of 1971 witnessed some significant developments in South Asia: the emergence of a liberation movement for an independent Bangla Desh, the Janata Vimukti Peramuna (JVP) insurgency in Ceylon and the landslide electoral victory of Smt. Gandhi in India. These developments came at a time when China, in the aftermath of the decisions taken at the Ninth Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, had begun implementing a reactivated tactical line in foreign policy.