ISAS Insights

The latest visit by the Tibetan Buddhist leader, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, to Tawang in India's Arunachal Pradesh, which China claims as its own territory, has snowballed into a crisis in the complex relations between these two mega-state neighbours in Asia. Beijing tends to see this as Delhi's choice of courting a crisis that might only damage the foundation of their relationship. Indeed, their respective policies of 'One China' and a less-articulated 'One India' may now acquire a sharp competitive colour.