{"id":8231,"date":"2016-11-11T09:07:42","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T03:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/?p=8231"},"modified":"2016-11-11T09:12:12","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T03:42:12","slug":"what-should-every-indian-know-about-china-quora-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/?p=8231","title":{"rendered":"What should every Indian know about China? &#8211; quora answer: \u091a\u0940\u0928 \u0938\u092e\u094d\u092c\u0928\u094d\u0927\u0940 \u0938\u093e\u092e\u093e\u0928\u094d\u092f \u091c\u094d\u091e\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u0940 \u091c\u093e\u0928\u0915\u093e\u0930\u0940"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"uHCqTY\">\n<div class=\"QuestionText\">\u091a\u0940\u0928 \u0935\u094d \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u0941\u0930\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u00a0\u0930\u093f\u0936\u094d\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 .\u091a\u0940\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u0924\u093f\u092c\u094d\u092c\u0924 \u092a\u0930 \u0939\u092e\u0932\u0947 \u0928\u0947 \u0909\u0938\u0915\u094b \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924\u0940\u092f \u0938\u0940\u092e\u093e \u092a\u0930 \u0932\u093e \u0916\u095c\u093e \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0935\u094d \u0907\u0938\u0938\u0947 \u0938\u0940\u092e\u093e \u0935\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0926\u094d\u0926 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0930\u0902\u092d \u0939\u0941\u090f . \u091a\u0940\u0928 \u0915\u0940 \u0938\u093e\u092e\u093e\u0928\u094d\u092f \u091c\u094d\u091e\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u0940 \u091c\u093e\u0928\u0915\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0928\u0940\u091a\u0947 \u0926\u093f\u090f \u0932\u0947\u0916 \u092e\u0948\u0902 \u092a\u095d\u0947\u0902 .<\/div>\n<div class=\"QuestionText\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"QuestionText\"><span id=\"YitOHb\"><a id=\"__w2_nf5XSFF_link\" class=\"question_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/What-should-every-Indian-know-about-China\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"question_text\"><span class=\"rendered_qtext\">What should every Indian know about China?<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"__w2_kuVOz9z_answer\" class=\"Answer\">\n<div id=\"GwdbBp\">\n<div class=\"feed_item_answer answer_text expanded_feed_content expanded_q_text\">\n<div class=\"feed_item_answer_content answer_content\">\n<div class=\"answer_user\">\n<div class=\"AnswerHeader ContentHeader\">\n<div class=\"photo_text_layout size_small\">\n<div class=\"_layout_photo_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"_layout_photo\">\n<div id=\"__w2_Y2BsKIj_menu\" class=\"hover_menu hidden white_bg show_nub\"><\/div>\n<p><span id=\"oHPfME\"><span id=\"__w2_Y2BsKIj_link\" class=\"photo_tooltip\"><a id=\"__w2_N1Jq7xf_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/profile\/Balaji-Viswanathan-2\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"profile_photo_img\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.ec.quoracdn.net\/main-thumb-2355058-50-jgledgnzenpwbzgzgvayhkpyqyxiityh.jpeg\" alt=\"Balaji Viswanathan\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><span id=\"TyumEr\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_layout_text_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"_layout_text\">\n<div id=\"__w2_EsFoSpw_menu\" class=\"hover_menu hidden white_bg show_nub\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"feed_item_answer_user\"><span id=\"UWEKxc\"><span id=\"juzyKn\"><span id=\"jNXnCt\"><span id=\"__w2_EsFoSpw_link\"><a id=\"__w2_EsFoSpw_name_link\" class=\"user\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/profile\/Balaji-Viswanathan-2\" target=\"_blank\">Balaji Viswanathan<\/a><\/span><\/span><span id=\"__w2_T61k69m_bio\" class=\"IdentitySig ActorNameSig IdentityNameSig\">, <span id=\"__w2_T61k69m_link\"><span id=\"__w2_T61k69m_sig\" class=\"IdentitySig ActorNameSig IdentityNameSig\"><span id=\"__w2_uQkrfdx_text_snip\" class=\"truncated_para_breaks expanded_q_text\"><span id=\"__w2_uQkrfdx_text_snip_content\"><span class=\"rendered_qtext\">Knowledge lover.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"xOJxJJ\">\n<div class=\"CredibilityFacts pass_color_to_child_links\">\n<div id=\"__w2_rxJWlNE_menu\" class=\"hover_menu hidden white_bg show_nub\"><\/div>\n<p><span id=\"gHWlvn\"><span id=\"__w2_rxJWlNE_link\"><a id=\"__w2_rxJWlNE_name_link\" class=\"user\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/profile\/Nitin-Singh-76\" target=\"_blank\">Nitin Singh<\/a><\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"bio\">A north Indian who has spent most of his life in south India<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"KKmypT\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"XyZaaB\">\n<div id=\"__w2_OLpADdI_expanded\" class=\"ExpandedAnswerInFeed ExpandedQText ExpandedAnswer\">\n<ol>\n<li>China is thrice the size of India at about 9.6 million sq. km vs. 3.2 million sq. km with only a little more population than ours.<\/li>\n<li>Historically, the Chinese name for India was <i>Tianzhu <\/i>&#8211; meaning heaven. In return, Indians called them by <i>chin <\/i>(after their most glorious empire &#8211; Qin) that eventually got caught by rest of the world now.<\/li>\n<li>Although Indians incessantly talk &amp; compare with China, the Chinese understandably don&#8217;t compare themselves with India. It is because they want to emulate\/compare themselves with Europe\/US than a poorer country they have beaten in race since 1978. <span class=\"qlink_container\"><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/09\/01\/business\/global\/india-looks-to-china-as-an-economic-model.html?pagewanted=all&amp;_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/20<wbr \/>11\/09\/0&#8230;<\/a><\/span> (everyone wants to be compared with someone better than them).<\/li>\n<li>Just like how we say Namaste (with folded hands), Chinese traditional greeting comprises of bowed head and folded palms.\n<div class=\"qtext_image_wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"landscape qtext_image zoomable_in_feed\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.ec.quoracdn.net\/main-qimg-0618d6ebe8f3375b99a6d52909bce654?convert_to_webp=true\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Whether it be gold buying, sending students abroad, scouting for resources in Africa\/Latin America or wooing foreign investors both India and China compete vigorously to rank in 1 or 2.<\/li>\n<li>India&#8217;s largest river &#8211; Brahmaputra originates in China (Tibet) and makes a complete 180-degree turn near India-China border to enter India in a spectacular fashion.There are constant rumors in India that China could dynamite the hill in the picture with nuclear weapons to redirect the river.\n<div class=\"qtext_image_wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"landscape qtext_image zoomable_in_feed\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.ec.quoracdn.net\/main-qimg-f68bc5116b62b11cc49c1a4f9059480e-c?convert_to_webp=true\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Although India and China had very comparable economies through history, China is now 4 times as rich as India. ($7.5 trillion in GDP vs. $1.8 trillion in GDP). The biggest difference came since 1978 when China started its capitalistic reforms.\n<div class=\"qtext_image_wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"landscape qtext_image zoomable_in_feed\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.ec.quoracdn.net\/main-qimg-99dd234475a9e0973fd5b065fe0b27c1-c?convert_to_webp=true\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Although India and China share 3380 km of land border, there are only 3 open trading posts between the two countries &#8211; Shipki La, Lipulkeh and Nathu La.\n<div class=\"qtext_image_wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"landscape qtext_image zoomable_in_feed\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.ec.quoracdn.net\/main-qimg-9b64694a090b9becac44e78f34a01cdc-c?convert_to_webp=true\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"qtext_image_wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"landscape qtext_image zoomable_in_feed\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.ec.quoracdn.net\/main-qimg-fd435b3fa914e4f8233707e972c75762-c?convert_to_webp=true\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<p>(India-China border at Nathu La in eastern India)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span class=\"rendered_qtext\"><br \/>\n<b>India and China had remarkably parallel histories. <\/b><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>China was first unified in 221 BC under the Qin (chin) dynasty that had a\u00a0 remarkable effect on their culture. India&#8217;s equivalent occurred around\u00a0 the same time with the Maurya dynasty that India&#8217;s first Imperial\u00a0 dynasty.<\/li>\n<li>China&#8217;s greatest religious advancements were made in the 6th century BCE with Confucianism and Taoism, at the same time India was creating its philosophical religious movements &#8211; Buddhism, Jainism.<\/li>\n<li>Both nations hit their lowest points in 19th century during the colonial era. Both nations got liberated within 2 years of each other &#8211; Indian in August 1947 and China in October 1949. In their modern incarnation, both nations were first headed by socialistic leaders (Nehru and Mao) who fumbled with their economies.<\/li>\n<li>The father of modern China &#8211; <b>Sun Yat Sen<\/b>, was born only 3 years before <b>Mahatma Gandhi<\/b> &#8211; father of modern India.<\/li>\n<li>In both the nations, the biggest chunk of the population and historic empires were concentrated in north\/east. However, in the modern era the economic forces have shifted towards south\n<div class=\"qtext_image_wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"landscape qtext_image zoomable_in_feed\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.ec.quoracdn.net\/main-qimg-3f49e4554b32f0bd040f046233fa2d75-c?convert_to_webp=true\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span class=\"rendered_qtext\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"qlink_container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/What-should-everyone-know-about-Chinese-history\/answer\/Balaji-Viswanathan-2\" target=\"_blank\">Balaji Viswanathan&#8217;s answer to What should everyone know about Chinese history?<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Conflicts:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>India and China had their first and only war in 5000 years of coexistence in October 1962. It was a two week long war, when our border forces clashed in the Himalayas. Although India didn&#8217;t lose any territory in the resounding defeat (the only military defeat that modern India has faced so far), the war opened India&#8217;s minds to building a strong military force with nuclear capabilities. <span class=\"qlink_container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/Why-did-China-invade-India-in-1962\/answer\/Balaji-Viswanathan-2\" target=\"_blank\">Balaji Viswanathan&#8217;s answer to Why did China invade India in 1962?<\/a><\/span> China made a quick retreat as US was ready to use its nuclear weapons in aid of India. <span class=\"qlink_container\"><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindubusinessline.com\/news\/international\/when-kennedy-administration-thought-of-using-nukes-against-china\/article4234714.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-qt-tooltip=\"thehindubusinessline.com\">When Kennedy administration thought of using nukes against China. <\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Presently there are two main contentious boundaries that India and China have.China and India both claim the shaded regions. While India controls the region on the right (Arunachal Pradesh), China controls the region on the West that is a pat of Kashmir.\n<div class=\"qtext_image_wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"landscape qtext_image zoomable_in_feed\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.ec.quoracdn.net\/main-qimg-106a2cce0e3755dbc4abaa66c2a54ce4-c?convert_to_webp=true\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>China is mainly divided into provinces (where Han Chinese are predominant) and autonomous regions that have significant non-Han population and have extremely rugged terrain.They also include in their map a few territories owned\/claimed by India (in blue shade).\n<div class=\"qtext_image_wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"landscape qtext_image zoomable_in_feed\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.ec.quoracdn.net\/main-qimg-9b270e8ee5a82ae2db53f7a11f2f87a7?convert_to_webp=true\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span class=\"rendered_qtext\"><br \/>\nIndia and China have a signficant scope for collaboration as both nations are threatened by global terrorism, piracy and oil imports.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"qtext_image_wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"landscape qtext_image zoomable_in zoomable_in_feed\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.ec.quoracdn.net\/main-qimg-4f8129ed188e3fe390a09e5baa5fde92?convert_to_webp=true\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"rendered_qtext\"><br \/>\nThe future of both countries depend on how the dragon and elephant are able to get along with each other.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"qtext_image_wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"landscape qtext_image zoomable_in_feed\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.ec.quoracdn.net\/main-qimg-d97e5629de7ab7e83a57021051002c89-c?convert_to_webp=true\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div id=\"BiPSmj\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u091a\u0940\u0928 \u0935\u094d \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u0941\u0930\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u00a0\u0930\u093f\u0936\u094d\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 .\u091a\u0940\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u0924\u093f\u092c\u094d\u092c\u0924 \u092a\u0930 \u0939\u092e\u0932\u0947 \u0928\u0947 \u0909\u0938\u0915\u094b \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924\u0940\u092f&#8230; <a class=\"meta-more\" href=\"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/?p=8231\">more <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles-2","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8231"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8235,"href":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8231\/revisions\/8235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}