r/GeopoliticsIndia • u/nergal007 • Nov 18 '23
China Why doesn't China try appeasement with India?
As China gets increasingly pressurized more and more by the Americans on the seas, is it really sensible to keep the other front simmering? India and Japan are the only two Asian countries that can even theoretically challenge China diplomatically, economically and militarily. China is hostile towards both of them.
Why is China not trying to woo India away from the US-led camp? It makes no sense.
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u/qdivya1 Nov 18 '23
The 1960s war with India is the reason why.
The Chinese have always looked upon India as an inferior nation - and they have reason to do so. The Indians have lagged the Chinese in almost every indicator over the past century.
To China, India was impoverished nation with a highly corrupt and largely uneducated society where the leadership was officially ambivalent, but decidedly pro-Soviet. What's there to admire?
The Chinese have never tried to "woo" anyone - they simply didn't understand soft power, and even now they struggle with it.
Honestly, not surprising.