Routledge Handbook of China–India Relations

Kanti Bajpai is Visiting Professor of International Relations at Ashoka University, Sonipat, India, and Emeritus Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. Selina Ho is Dean’s Chair Associate Professor in International Affairs and Vice-Dean (Research and Development) at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. Manjari Chatterjee Miller is Professor of International Relations and the inaugural Munk Chair in Global India at the Munk School. She is a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.

• List of figuresList of tablesContributorsAcknowledgements Introduction: Taking stock—a multi-disciplinary view of China–India relationsKanti Bajpai, Selina Ho, and Manjari Chatterjee Miller1 Reflections on comparing China and IndiaTarun KhannaPART IHistorical overviews 2. China and India pre-1939Rudolf G. Wagner3. Relations between the Republic of China and India, 1937–1949Tansen SenPART IICulture and strategic culture: Constructing the other4. Shooting the messengers: The downward slide in China-–India media relations, 2008–2024Ananth Krishnan5. China in India’s strategic thoughtIan Hall6. India in China’s strategic thoughtZhang FengPART IIICore bilateral conflicts7. Stability in a secondary strategic direction: China and the border dispute with India from 1962 to 2020M. Taylor Fravel8. Solving a solved problem: The Tibet issue in China–India relationsFang Tien-sze9. China–India river-water conflicts: Toward a solution through launching a cooperation spiral revisitedSebastian BibaPART IVMilitary relations10. Multiple complexities: India’s China strategy before and after GalwanYogesh Joshi and Anit Mukherjee11. Asymmetric but uneven: The China–India conventional military balanceOriana Skylar Mastro and Arzan Tarapore12. China–India and maritime security: A contest for power and influence in the Indian OceanDavid Brewster13. China and India: Two models for AI military acquisition and integration revisitedLora SaalmanPART VEconomy and development 14. Competitive convergence: China and India in the new global eraYe Min15. Contested partnership: China and India in the evolving BRICS landscapeGu Jing16. India’s response to the Belt and Road InitiativeLi LiPART VIRelations with third parties17. American assessments of India and China post-GalwanZack Cooper18. Assessing Russia’s salience in India–China relationsVidya Nadkarni19. India, China, and Pakistan: Southern Asia’s changing strategic triangleChristopher Clary20. Not a substitute for China?: Japan’s perspective of India as a prospective partner in AsiaIzuyama Marie21. Across the Himalayas: China in India’s neighborhoodConstantino Xavier22. A China–India–Myanmar triangle?Sun Yun23. Rivals at sea: India’s rise against China in the South China Sea and East China SeaJi Yeon-jung24. China and India in the Middle East: The rivalry moves west?Nicolas Blarel25. China’s and India’s engagement with Africa: Pursuing national interestsWu FuzuoPART VIIChina, India, and the global order26. China, India, and global security: Deploying to UN peacekeeping operations and shaping the responsibility to protectCourtney J. Fung27. China, India, and global health governanceHuang Yanzhong and Jin JiyongIndexIndex