Chapter 5 – THE SINO/SOVIET DISPUTE THE SINO/SOVIET dispute is the central and dominating feature of China’s relations with the outside world. It is also the least understood. In what follows an attempt will be made to explain the dispute with the aim of tying together some of its many

Chapter 5 – THE SINO/INDIAN DISPUTE THE PREVIOUS CHAPTER examined in some detail the background to the Tibetan question. This detail is necessary if we are to understand the very important role which Tibet has played in the evolution of Sino/Indian relations. Ever since its establishment in 1949, the attitude