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including them in the decision-making process and educating them about the
benefits of growth, thereby helping them to lose their inhibitions relating to
parting from their land and participating in an unfamiliar alien environment
for work. Lastly, local communities should be allowed to take decisions on

forest resources and the environment and gain economically. All these would
require drastic policy changes from the top and could help in the participation

of tribals in the development and growth of an economically resurgent India.

25. WHY CHINA FEARS ATTACKING INDIA

EVEN AFTER BEING A SUPERPOWER

India and China are very close neighbours sharing their culture, integrity,
economy, etc. Sino-Indian relationships have an old heritage with ups and

downs in the bilateral relationships between both the countries all this time.
Sovereignty between India and China over the separated pieces of territories

has always been a concern. But now, China has emerged as an economic
superpower while India is an emerging global market. But the question is,
will China dare to attack India?

History of Conflict

Sino-Indian border conflict: Back in 1914, the McMahon line was part

of the Shimla Convention between British India and Tibet, which was

deeply opposed by China. This is because the British government was
trying to make boundaries in the North-east region with the British

diplomat McMahon. It is known as the “red line”, which was not

accepted by Tibet and still holds.

Sino-Indian war: In 1962, China fought a war with India. It was the
aftermath of the 1914 Sino-Indian border conflict. The major cause of

the war was the sovereignty of the widely separated Aksai Chin and
Arunachal Pradesh borders. India claims that Aksai Chin is part of