We could be giving up too much for too little

Apologists for the Chinese have said the problem exists because the Line of Actual Control has not been determined. What they fail to mention is that Beijing has refused to exchange maps that define the LAC. China has a long history of Imperial arrogance, regarding itself as the centre of the earth, being labelled ‘The Middle Kingdom’. According to ancient Chinese diplomatic practice, ‘barbarians’, including rulers and diplomats representing European powers and neighbours like Korea, had to ‘kowtow’ while appearing before the Emperor, acknowledging the Emperor as the ‘son of heaven’. 

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