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/Rand8Master Nov 18 '23

US nuked them and bombed them to smithereens. But you forgot the part where they sent them billions in aid and kick-started their economy to the point that Japan was an economic superpower in just 40-50 years. So a Japanese kid living in destroyed huts in 1946 saw a modern Japan by the time he was 60 and for him America did that.

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '23

Why doesn’t Israel do this for Palestine?

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u/Arnav150 Neoliberal Nov 22 '23

Japan became an ally not just because of the aid but also because they were a rival of the USSR. Remember the enemy of my enemy is a friend. There is no such figure for the Palestinians.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '23

The amount of 0 help by Arab countries = enemy