How China sees India and the world: [the authoritative account of the India-China relationship]

Abstract

Introduction --A Chronology of Chinese History and Corresponding Historical Developments in the Indian Subcontinent --How History and Culture have Shaped China's World View --A Chinese Narrative of Its History --The Mandate of Heaven and Rule over 'All Under Heaven' --How Early Encounters with Hostile Tribes on the Periphery Shaped China's World View --Early Intimations of India as 'Shendu' - the Western Realm --Chinese Pilgrims Journey to the 'West' and Diplomatic Missions Follow --China Creates Its Own Buddhist Universe --The Emergence of a Chinese Cultural Sphere --Riding the Waves: The Emergence of China as a Maritime Power --From Maritime Supremacy to Continental Isolation: China under the Yuan and Ming Dynasties --Tibet and China: A Complex and Contested Relationship --China Under Alian Manchus: The Qing Dynasty --China's Century of Humiliation and Its Response to the Western Challenge --India as Teacher by Negative Example --The Chinese Communist Party Rules 'All Under Heaven' --How China Sees India and the World: The Years of Transformation --Xi Jinping's China Dream and the Community of Common Destiny --The Future of India-China Relations --Afterword: China in the Post-Ukraine War World --Appendix: A Note on the Chinese Script --Notes --Acknowledgements --Select Bibliography --Index --Excerpt from Shyam Saran's How India Sees the World