03129cam a2200577 i 4500 19185 19185 22149903 OSt 20230119114505.0 210726s2021 ii b 001 0 eng d 2020335452 9780670094134 (hardback) 0670094137 I-E-2020335452 ; 63-05 ; 63-07 ; 63-91 (OCoLC)on1259451259 (OCoLC)1259451259 Library of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office HUL eng rda HUL HUL OCLCO OCLCF DLC lccopycat lcode a-cc--- a-ii--- a-cc-ti 951.05 BHA Bhasin, Avtar Singh, 1935- author. Nehru, Tibet and China / A.S. Bhasin. Gurugram, Haryana, India : Penguin/Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House, 2021. xxvii, 402 pages ; 23 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-388) and index. "On 1 October 1949, the People's Republic of China came into being and changed forever the course of Asian history. Power moved from the hands of the nationalist Kuomintang government to the Communist Party of China headed by Mao Tse Tung. All of a sudden, it was not only an assertive China that India had to deal with but also an increasingly complex situation in Tibet which was reeling under pressure from China. Clearly, newly independent India, with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru at its helm, was navigating very choppy waters. Its relations with China progressively deteriorated, eventually leading to the Indo-China war in 1962. Today, more than six decades after the war, we are still plagued by border disputes with China that seem to routinely grab the headlines. It leads one to question what exactly went on during those initial years of the emergence of a new China"--Publisher's summary. Also available as an ebook. Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964. Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964. fast (OCoLC)fst00043065 fast (OCoLC)fst01119557 Since 1947 fast Sino-Indian Border Dispute, 1957- Diplomatic relations. fast (OCoLC)fst01907412 Politics and government. fast (OCoLC)fst01919741 India Foreign relations China. China Foreign relations India. India Foreign relations 1947-1984. China Foreign relations 1949-1976. India Politics and government 1947- China Politics and government 1949-1976. Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Politics and government 1951- China. fast (OCoLC)fst01206073 China Tibet Autonomous Region. fast (OCoLC)fst01758817 India. fast (OCoLC)fst01210276 7 cbc origode 3 ncip 20 y-gencatlg ddc STL 0 0 ddc 0 0 Stack II 128/4 AIISH AIISH 2023-01-19 0 951.05 BHA 23103 2023-01-19 00:00:00 2023-01-19 STL