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were legendary seats of immense wealth and wisdom right up to the eighteenth century.
Somewhere between the mid-eighteenth century and early nineteenth centuries, both
these countries became, in the European eyes, bywords for stagnant, archaic, weak
nations. For China, this happened between the adulation of Voltaire and the cooler
judgment of Montesquieu; in India’s case, it was the contrast between Sir William
Jones’s desire to learn things Indian and James Mill’s dismissal of Indian history as
nothing but darkness.
Twentieth century brought nothing but a deepening of the perception of the two countries
as bywords for misery and the perceptions were not too far behind actual conditions of
the two countries. For one thing they were and remain the two most populous countries.
In 1820, they had a combined population in excess of half a billion and by 1900, 700
million. Within the twentieth century, their population had trebled. But they were also
two of the poorest countries, typically thought of as locations of famine, disease,
backwardness and superstition, of women with bound feet and men with long pony tails,
untouchables beyond the pale and myriads of gods with many heads and limbs.
Answer:
The People's Republic of China (PRC) was established on 1 October, 1949. India was the first non-communist country to establish an embassy in PRC. Indo-China relations were going good until China invaded Tibet. India considered it as an "Act of forceful Intervention". Due to Chinese interventions, Dalai Lama along with Thousands of Tibetians seeks asylum in India. China demanded from India to return Dalai Lama back but India refused. So, China attacked India and captured Aksai Chin and some parts of NEFA(Northeastern Frontier Areas) in 1962 war. After war, China came closer to Pakistan. In 1967, both countries fought two battles in Sikkim, the "Nathu-La incident" and "Cho-La incident". After that, leaders of both the nation tried to resolve their issues but didn't get succed. At present both countries have ups and downs in relationship and both countries are concentrating on their respective growth stories. Recently, both nations are the part of SCO, BRICS and SAARC. Right now, China is India's largest trading partner with bilateral trade of 90 billion dollars. Also, India and China will going to hold 70 celebratory activities for 70th anniversary of diplomatic ties between India and China in 2020-21 and taken agreement on trade deficit and border dispute.
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