Author: KANWAL SIBAL

India’s dilemmas in dealing with China are increasing. We have to both resist and engage China. Resist, because China continues to lay claims to Indian territory provocatively. To assert its historical claim to Arunachal Pradesh, for example, China is periodically giving Chinese names to sites and locations there, unbothered by India’s sensitivities. It continues to protest whenever an Indian leader visits Arunachal Pradesh. This has not deterred our leaders from making such visits and announcing development projects in the state. China has now officially announced the construction of the gargantuan dam project on the bend of the Brahmaputra before it…