Why did they did that? War ethics state that if you want to occupy a foreign land, First you should wage war and then withdraw your troops and then negotiate with them and get things in your favor? I think it was NEVER a practice from 10000 BC.
If they follow that practice they why did Askai Chin was NOT vacated? Food for thought!
If you accept that the chinese did withdraw back to there postions there some reasons for that.
The Askai Chin point is not really a solid argument as it its already in the disputed region of kashmir and historically the indian argument does hold weight.
W. H. Johnson, a civil servant with the Survey of India proposed the "Johnson Line" in 1865, which put Aksai Chin in Kashmir. This was the time of the Dungan revolt, when China did not control Xinjiang, so this line was never presented to the Chinese. Johnson's work was severely criticized for gross inaccuracies, with description of his boundary as "patently absurd". Johnson was reprimanded by the British Government and resigned from the Survey.
In the 1890s Britain and China were allies and Britain was principally concerned that Aksai Chin not fall into Russian hands.The British presented this line to the Chinese in a Note by Sir Claude MacDonald. The Chinese did not respond to the Note, and the
British took that as Chinese acquiescence.This line, known as the Macartney-MacDonald line, is approximately the same as the current Line of Actual Control. The boundary remained undemarcated at India's independence.
During the 1950s, the People's Republic of China built a 1,200 km (750 mi) road connecting Xinjiang and western Tibet, of which 179 km (112 mi) ran south of the Johnson Line through the Aksai Chin region claimed by India.Aksai Chin was easily accessible to the Chinese, but was more difficult for the Indians on the other side of the Karakorams to reach.The Indians did not learn of the existence of the road until 1957, which was confirmed when the road was shown in Chinese maps published in 1958.
The Chinese minister Zhou Enlai argued that the western border had never been delimited, that the Macartney-MacDonald Line, which left the Aksai Chin within Chinese borders was the only line ever proposed to a Chinese government, and that the Aksai Chin was already under Chinese jurisdiction, and that negotiations should take into account the status quo.
After realising the magnitude of the attack, the Indian Western Command withdrew many of the isolated outposts to the south-east. Daulet
Beg Oldi was also evacuated, but it was south of the Chinese claim line and was not approached by Chinese forces. Indian troops were withdrawn in order to consolidate and regroup in the event that China probed south of their claim line.
If they completely defeated us then why retreat? They could have asked us to sign instrument of surrender right and got the settlement in their favor!
If your thinking short term then thats what you would do.....but if your thinking about something more lasting then it has to be negotiated.
Did they got warning from the Americans?
That has to be put into the equation also the weather moving in and other factors but that still does not take away the fact the chinese after crossing into land that they never claimed retreated back to what they classed as the boundary.......so basically giving up conquered land.
But whether PLAF had that capabilities then? A questions cannot be answered! So as I said earlier let us not delve into if's and but's...
If your airforce was capable of attacking the the chinese am no expert but am pretty the chinese could do the same to you.
If that was true they why did they still kept Askai Chin?
Look at a map and tell me honestly if you asked who it Askai Chin belongs to without all the historical baggage what your answer would be.
If they want negotiated settlement then why did they became a party in Indo-Pakistan Kashmir dispute but getting a piece of Kashmir from Pakistan?
On October 13, 1962, China and Pakistan began negotiations over the boundary west of the Karakoram Pass. In 1963, the two countries settled their boundaries largely on the basis of the Macartney-MacDonald Line, which left the Trans Karakoram Tract in China, although the agreement provided for renegotiation in the event of a settlement of the Kashmir dispute.
NEW DELHI: Prominent lawyer AG Noorani has rebuffed the impression created by the Indian government, and widely accepted by Kashmiri leaders, that Pakistan ceded some Kashmiri territory to China in 1963.
Based on documentary and archival evidence, Pakistan did not cede any land. On the contrary, it was China which ceded 750 square miles of administered territory to Pakistan under the Pakistan-China boundary agreement of March 3, 1963,
Why did they make Pakistan a nuclear power?
Pakistan's nuclear energy programme was established and started in 1956 ,Pakistan became a participant in U.S President Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace Program."
Canada build Pakistan's first civil-purpose nuclear power plant.
The chinese help came after ,more in the 80s and onwards and you could say that by then the chinese realized the indian would not come to the table but just raise the ante and thats what led them more into the pakistan camp.
Have you never thought that the during the 50s and 60s india had more in common with china while pakistan was a outright ally of the USA who where on bad terms with the chinese after the korean war and some how the paksitanis have ended up as there ally.
I know am going into buts and ifs but how different the scenario could have been for pakistan if you could have made a friend of china.
Crossing the Himalayas is NOT an easy task... Holds good even now! Who knew whether they had enough Ammunition's to carry on... we will never know, they still don't have free media in 2013... No need to tell 1962... There are some theories that they got warnings from the Americans with nuclear strike!
I should have never mentioned the delhi thing
......The point i was trying to make was that the chinese have no expansionist motive when it comes to india ( india).
Am pretty sure india has no intent on conquering china or vice versa and if they could sort these few border issues it would be better for both nations.
From a pakistani point of view its the longer the border issue between you two is not sorted the more the chinese fall into pakistani arms.