The Influence And Enlightenment Of The "Galwan Valley Conflict" Incident On China-India Geographical Relations

China and India are both developing countries in Asia with large populations,and their rapid development in recent years has attracted worldwide attention.As the only major country in the South Asian subcontinent,India is an important partner of China’s cooperation in the South Asian subcontinent,and China is the country with the most special relationship between India and India.The good relationship between China and India is of great significance to the development of both sides.The report of the 18 th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed that "it is necessary to advocate the consciousness of a community with a shared future for mankind,and take into account the legitimate concerns of other countries while pursuing national interests." Comrade Xi Jinping also mentioned in the report of the 19 th National Congress of the Communist Party of China that adhering to the path of peaceful development and promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind shows that the stability and friendly coexistence of neighboring countries is crucial to China’s development.Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and India in 1950,apart from the stagnation in the late 1950 s due to border issues,China-India relations have generally developed in a healthy direction,which not only ensures the security of Southwest China,but also promotes trade exchanges.In recent days,affected by various factors,the feeling of "closeness but not closeness" between China and India is particularly prominent.On June 15,2020,in the Galwan Valley of the Aksai Chin area in the western part of the China-India border,a physical conflict occurred between the two sides,causing injuries to people in the border area.This conflict is different from previous confrontations,resulting in casualties.The conflict is serious and has negative consequences in the follow-up.The "Galwan Valley conflict" made China feel that the border conflict has become an "excuse" for India to achieve its goals.Therefore,it is necessary to focus on this background,re-examine the China-Indian relationship,combine China-Indian relationship with the new China-Indian attitude and the international situation,and put forward the impact and enlightenment of the "Galwan Valley conflict" incident on China-Indian geographical relationship.Most of the existing research on China-Indian relations is aimed at the economic and cultural fields,and the selection of ChinaIndian border conflict events is mostly "the self-defense counterattack against India in 1962",and there is a lack of microscopic research on new situations and conflicts.Based on the "Galwan Valley Conflict" incident,this paper analyzes the course of the incident and the cause of the incident,and uses the event data analysis method to quantitatively analyze the impact of the incident.The problems of the two countries are expounded,the factors are summarized,and the weights are calculated by the AHP-SWOT analysis method,which provides reference inspiration for the development of China-India geopolitical relations.In today’s ups and downs in ChinaIndian relations,how to deal with the occurrence of the next conflict is very important.A study on the "Galwan Valley Conflict" can play an exemplary role.If similar incidents happen again,we can talk about experience.The results of the study are as follows:1.Through a specific analysis of the "Galwan Valley Conflict" incident,it is concluded that the reasons for this conflict are historical issues,India’s national conditions and changes in its China policy,the Indian government’s cognitive bias towards China,and China-Indian economic and trade.Extreme imbalance and the impact of the international situation on India.2.Through the analysis of the incident data before and after the "Galwan Valley Conflict" incident,it can be seen that this incident did have a negative impact on the China-Indian geographical relationship.Since April 2020,the situation in the Galwan Valley has gradually increased.From April to June,the China-India Geographical Relations Index dropped rapidly from1.4597 to-4.7540.After the conflict in June 2020 to June 2021,the China-Indian geographic relations showed a fluctuating upward trend.While India eased its relations with China,taking this opportunity to also restrict China.In the whole process,this incident not only endangered national security,but also affected the cooperation projects in the economic field between China and India,and caused harm to the people of the two countries to a certain extent.At the current stage,ChinaIndia geopolitical relations are mainly faced with boundary issues,trust issues and strategic contradictions.3.Through AHP-SWOT analysis,it can be found by calculating the weights that the biggest obstacle to China-India geographical relations is the difficulty of trust and the "zero-sum game" relationship between China and India.The crisis of confidence has led to the fact that the border issue cannot be resolved objectively and calmly,and the border issue has gradually become an excuse and a breakthrough for India to achieve its goals.Coupled with India’s cognitive bias towards China,a "zero-sum game" relationship has formed between China and India.This relationship runs counter to building a community with a shared future for mankind.One side is destined to lose and the other to gain.The wrong bilateral relationship has prevented China and India from getting close and unable to truly separate from each other.4.The key to the development of China-India geopolitical relations is to overcome disadvantages and avoid threats.Maintain China-India geographical relations with the help of people-to-people and cultural exchanges,and treat and resolve border issues calmly.In the economic and trade fields that India is worried about,the international cooperation platform is used to gradually make up for the trade gap with scientific and technological exchanges and strengthen mutual trust.In terms of cognition and national security concept,individuals are transformed into cooperation,confrontation is transformed into mutual benefit and common development.