Intro Class

India Timeline

1947 – Independence

1950 – Constitution of India

1954 – Panchsheel Agreement

1955 – Bandung Conference

1956 – Establishment of NAM

1962 – India China War

1965 – India Pakistan War

1970 – Indo-Soviet friendship treaty

1971 – Bangladesh War

1974 – Peaceful Nuclear Explosion

1979 – Border skirmish

1989 – Rajiv Gandhi’s visit to China

1991 – Economic liberalization

1994 – Uruguay Round (WTO)

1998 – Nuclear tests

2000s – Economic growth

2008 – Economic Crisis

2014 – Election of Prime Minister Modi

2019 - …

China Timeline

1945 – End of WW2

1949 – Establishment of PRC

1950 – India’s recognition of China on April 1, 1950

1950-53 – Korean War and India’s role

1959 – Tibetan uprising. Dalai Lama fleeing to India

1962 – India China War

1964 – 1^st Chinese Nuclear Test

1968 – Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (China acceded in 1992)

1969 – Sino Soviet border conflict

1971 – Ping pong diplomacy with the US and China reinstated in the Security Council.

1989 – Tiananmen square incident

1999 – Belgrade Embassy Bombing

2000 – China joins WTO and normalizes trade relations

Mid- 2000s  - China and its role in North Korean six party talks

2010 – China becomes World’s Second Largest Economy

2012 – Ascension of President Xi Jinping

2014-15 – Climate talks stepped up ahead of Paris Climate Change Accord

2015 – South China Sea issue flares up

2018 – Trump tariffs against China

Topic 1 Class Questions

·      What are the important events in International Relations?

·      In your opinion, when does the history of IR start?

·      Who are the major actors in IR?

·      What are the major problems facing the international community today?

·      What is Cold War? What are the dynamics underlying CW?