Talk:Forward policy (Sino-Indian conflict)

This article was clearly written by a biased Indian
The most important citation needed is [4], the alleged evidence that China had some kind of forward policy that predated India's forward policy, therefore somehow justifying India's forward policy as a reaction to China's misdeeds. This link DOES NOT WORK and looks like some fakeass citation written by an Indian with unsupported historical revisionism in mind. This entire article hinges on this one point, which is not supported, and is therefore complete garbage. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.119.128.143 (talk) 19:51, 23 March 2022 (UTC)


 * I completely agree with your point. I will present the argument from China's point of view so that someone can construct this article from a better neutral point of view.
 * indian's Forward Policy is a puzzle
 * India is a powerful state in the world in terms of military weapons, however But India has not experienced a war on a global scale.. The Chinese army was not a country that could be attacked at that time. In the 1950s, eleven countries, including the United States joined forces fought against China, but China could not be conquered then. Chinese army, experienced in the Korean War, Vietnam War and Taiwan Straits Crises. Failure to understand this,india introduced Forward policy, which is the only reason for India's ultimate defeat. Also   China continuously invited India for talks, India did not consider it, and the Chinese attack took place on a massive scale. China's forward policy is a Chinese invention that has been achieved by the Chinese nation . At that time, it is not something new to China. Due to India's short-sighted arrogant political decision, most of the Indian soldiers timidly surrendered to China as the end result of forward policy.
 * India not recognizing the root cause of the issue. .
 * Aksai Chin area which historically belongs to China claimed by India, is the root issue.By the geographical nature of the land in the western Aksai Chin area, anyone can understand which land belongs to historical India and which land belongs to China. This area was inhabited by Buddhists. At that time China and India were both Buddhist countries., but today India is a Hindu state. China is a secular state. The majority of Ladakh  today also is Buddhist. So we know that it was the Hindus and the Brahmins who primarily worked to destroy the Buddhists from India. The question arises whether the state of the Hindus can stand up for the Buddhists.That is the first part of the argument.
 * The second part. Because of the desolate nature of the region of Aksai Chin, it was not properly demarcated by the British. The British proposed China in 1897 that the Aksai Chin area was officially incorporated into British-administered Kashmir by the "Ardagh Johnson Line". While it was initially accepted by China but later opposed. Then the British ,Acknowledging China's opposition, In 1899 ,by “Macartney MacDonald line” re-proposed the 'Aksai Chin' on Chinese soil.Then China remained silent and declared that it was accepted. The  argument that India is making today is that China did not officially accepted “Macartney MacDonald line”that  re-proposed by British.
 * Rs Ekanayake  12:19, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

The two "forward policies"
, I am afraid you are introducing huge confusions here. As I noted at Talk:Forward Policy, the traditional 'forward policy' (in the context of The Great Game) was one of going beyond one's borders and establishing influence there. The present 'forward policy' is the attempt to militarise one's border. The two are completely different. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 14:53, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Example's of China's 'forward policy' in the present context would include militarising the McMahon Line (see my edit last nigh at Longju), sending troops into Aksai Chin, setting up a base at Kongka etc. These actions were in no different from what India did as part of its 'forward policy'. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 14:57, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
 * We should also be clear that India's forward policy was a misnomer, introduced by historically illiterate generals, in naming a certain central government directive. This had nothing to do with Forward Policy. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 15:02, 31 January 2021 (UTC)