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India climbdown may help China border dispute
17 April 2012 Last updated at 11:14 ET
By Subir Bhaumik Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh
Fifty years after India and China fought a month-long war over their disputed Himalayan territory, hopes of a solution to the boundary dispute seem to be emerging.
India seems to be climbing down from a stiff position that not an inch of its land can be given away to China to resolve the border dispute that has dogged the two Asian giants since the 1950s.
"It is important to solve the India-China border dispute and for that some give and take is necessary," said retired General JJ Singh.
"India will have to move away from our position that our territory is non-negotiable," he said.
More: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-17738147
By Subir Bhaumik Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh
Fifty years after India and China fought a month-long war over their disputed Himalayan territory, hopes of a solution to the boundary dispute seem to be emerging.
India seems to be climbing down from a stiff position that not an inch of its land can be given away to China to resolve the border dispute that has dogged the two Asian giants since the 1950s.
"It is important to solve the India-China border dispute and for that some give and take is necessary," said retired General JJ Singh.
"India will have to move away from our position that our territory is non-negotiable," he said.
More: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-17738147
