[Criminal Number 18F]

Well, they claim large swathes of each other's territory, for one thing. Any alliance with india would probably require the Chines to withdraw from their territorial seizures of '62, and I can't see them doing that.

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

[Tokhtamish]

The territories in dispute between China and India are uninhabited mountain areas of no real importance. Hardly Kashmir. Nothing that couldn't be settled in a businesslike manner.

China and India see the need to establish some kind of balance of power vis a vis the United States or at the very least improve their bargaining position. They can do this by working together.