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Abstract:
This study is concerned with India and China relations and it explores the challenges and opportunities for
cooperation in the context of changed world order and rising phenomenon of religious terrorist movement
in global scale. The data for the present study is collected through secondary sources and they have been
descriptively analyzed. The study has traced the evolution of India and China relations from the very
beginning and has stressed that the very notion of state is alien to them and with the attempt at crafting
states has resulted in boarder issues between the two states. It also highlighted the contending boarder issue
areas. In addition to the above, the study also has identified suspicion of involvement in internal affairs of
India by Chinese political and military establishments. Further, the hegemonic aspiration in the South Asian
Region by the two states also works as an impediment for cooperation. It is concluded that the future
direction of relationship between the two Asiatic giants, India and China will be characterized by
competition. The most important field for competition between China and India is in the field of Boarder
issues and power rivalry for hegemonic position in South Asian Region.
Key Words: India, China Nuclear Weapon, Religious Fundamentalist, Boarder issues, Hegemony, South
Asia