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Xi, Modi agree to 'de-escalate' tensions on disputed Himalayan border
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A big problem is that if any political party would hint at ceding any land in the disputed Arunachal Pradesh area, the other political parties would rail on them for being unpatriotic. As such it is an endless game of strongman posturing for useless territory.
Not sure what things are like on China's end. Maybe they don't want to kowtow a country that has been hostile towards them. Apart from that I have no guesses.
This is basically why the whole thing has gone on as long as it has. China and India need to find a compromise that isn't going to look politically weak for either side.
If they wanted to have an amicable agreement, China could keep Aksai China and India could keep at least most of Arunachal Pradesh. I actually don't know what the geography of the disputed AP territory is but Aksai Chin is useful for China because it connects Tibet to Xinjiang.
China already essentially made that offer, but it was rejected by the Indian side.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-64870707
Although, the Indian claim the offer was never made.
So hopefully, fingers crossed, this finally gets agreed upon as it's clearly the best solution.