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Sadly I don't think either side trusts each other enough. It doesn't make sense for China unless India and China works out a deal allowing both Chinese apps back in India and giving Chinese companies safeguards around their investments. Another demand for China would be formally solidifying the borders, which India has shown they are not willing to do.
Plus given India's track record, I don't think China will trust India enough to not consider them on the side of the west during a conflict. In India was well, being soft on China is a hard sell to the public given the rhetoric they have been putting out after Galwan skirmishes.
The West has made moves against India for having a slightly more independent foreign policy (buying Russian old, doing a deal with Iran for a port) so it's in India's own interest. US foreign policy has basically pushed every major player together (China, Russia, Iran and India).
China is already India's biggest trade partner, even with the barrier against Chinese apps. I think they're okay with trade going the way it is, as long as security is assured. Trust is always difficult, but it can be built slowly through tangible moves. Reducing troops on the border is the first step to a hopefully fruitful relationship.
I would have said Iran-Saudi Arabian peace, or uniting the Palestinian factions to be impossible too, but they've made big steps in the right the direction.
China is already India's biggest trade partner, even with the barrier against Chinese apps. I think they're okay with trade going the way it is, as long as security is assured. Trust is always difficult, but it can be built slowly through tangible moves. Reducing troops on the border is the first step to a hopefully fruitful relationship.
I would have said Iran-Saudi Arabian peace, or uniting the Palestinian factions to be impossible too, but they've made big steps in the right the direction.
I don't think the two sides can reach any real progress until the borders are formally recognized. Until then, while talks and de-escalation does not hurt, I have doubts whether there will be any meaningful impact.
I don't see India compromising on borders given their domestic audience and having not changed their political stance after so many years.
I can tell you being an Indian that the govt. will not compromise on the border issue. Modi wouldn't budge even while enjoying a decade of overwhelming mandate. Our elites have huge ego. They recognize that having a large Chinese presence on their borders is problematic(everyone keeps talking about two front war) but they will not stop antagonizing China.
However, if a de-escalation does happen it would be great for both the countries. I still dream of the day when the great Eurasian continental powers unite, it will usher in an age of peace and prosperity never witnessed before. (The Eurasian continent was haunted primarily by nomads and later westerners, the nomads are no more and the westerns are weakened.)
India needs to re-examine its hydrology surveys to understand where its water is coming from.
From the monsoon rains.
Which ain't doing the job .
India needs China's Himalayan water (eg Brahmaputra) and China's world's best hydrologic engineering before its groundwater reservoirs are emptied and collapse.
