Chinese-Dragon
RETIRED TTA
- Joined
- Jul 9, 2010
- Messages
- 33,932
- Reaction score
- 52
- Country
- Location
In 1960, Zhou Enlai unofficially suggested that India drop its claims to Aksai Chin in return for a Chinese withdrawal of claims over NEFA. Adhering to his stated position, Nehru believed that China did not have a legitimate claim over either of these territories, and thus was not ready to concede them.
LOL, so even according to you, Nehru REJECTED Zhou Enlai's peaceful solution to the problem, i.e. a territory swap.
And he instead went for the Forward Policy.
Why? Because China was in the middle of the worst famine in our history. We were weak and collapsing from starvation, and he thought he could have both territories for free without a fight.
He miscalculated big time.