Abstract

The concurrent regional cooperation in Asia is going on in a strong trend. China and India, the two Asian giants, are actively participating in the process, both playing important roles. The two are the two most populous countries and fastest growing major economies in the world. Through the resultant growths, their political and economic influence has increased the significance of the bi-lateral relationship. However, following Prof. Samuel Huntington’s paradigm of “Clash of Civilizations” in 1996, Dr. Daniel Twining, a British scholar, in 2005 negatively predicated that economically Asian nations may go together, but socially and politically shall still be divided from each other (Twining, 2005). The Asian regional unification course requires not only economic integration, but also political and social cooperation and coordination. India and China have had relations for more than 2000 years, but the modern relationship still reflects complexity. In the paper, the Sino-India relationship shall be studied in ranges of economics, cultures and ideologies in frame of the Asia regionalization.

Highlights

  • Being the world’s two oldest civilizations and neighbors, China and India have had more than 2000 years of cultural exchanges

  • In Asoka Period (273-232 BC) India, Hinayana Buddhism was introduced into China (Yunnan Province) via Ceylon and Burma

  • India monk Kumarajiva was invited to China in 401 AD, and the Sutra was translated into Chinese and that is still valuable nowadays

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Summary

Historical Relations of China and India

Being the world’s two oldest civilizations and neighbors, China and India have had more than 2000 years of cultural exchanges. China monk FA Xian visited India in 402 AD and lived there for 10 years. He brought back to China many Sanskrit Buddhist scriptures and translated them into Chinese. How to cite this paper: Yao Chaocheng, & Cui Likun (2015). The White Horse Temple in north-east Luoyang City, Henan Province, China, was built with technical consultancy of Indian monks in 75 AD. The trading went through 300 AD together with cultural exchange, reaching to high tide in the years of 618-907 AD, TANG Dynasty (Tan Chung, 1998). The Silk Road served as a major trade route between India and China, and is credited for facilitating the spread of Buddhism from India to East Asia. During World War II, India and China played a crucial role in halting the progress of invasion of the Imperial Japan (Williams, 2004)

The Concurrent Bilateral Relation
The Asian Regional Economic Integration Process
The Two Emerging Powers
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