Much of mainstream research on the recent clashes between Indian and Chinese soldiers at Galwan has exerted an undue focus on assessing the incident as a bigger version of previous clashes, without paying attention to what actually marks it as a landmark event in defining how both nations approach bilateral ties. This is a dilemma my paper seeks to answer by highlighting the way in which these clashes completely changed the nature of India-China relations. Drawing upon excerpts from the works of China experts like Ambassador Vijay Gokhale, Tanvi Madan and Ambassador Shivshankar Menon, my paper begins by exploring the evolution of India-China relations ever since ties were normalized during the Detente period, marking the United States and Soviet Union's external roles before displaying how the Galwan clashes disrupted this chain. Defining the history of bilateral relations and placing the present dilemma in it really boosts the potential of this research in placing the current upturn of bilateral ties in the broader conundrums of Asian Geopolitics.
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