The Development And Prospect Of The Border Trade Between China's Tibet And India

The border trade between China and India has a very long history and it is still quite important for both China and India. Tibet lies in the southwest part of China, which owns special advantages in geography, human resources and natural resources. Nowadays, economic cooperation is becoming the mainstream in the international society and it strongly pushes the Sino-India border trade. Besides, this border trade has its own particularity, for it is not only an economy and trade issue but also a political one concerning the stability of the frontier. Therefore, the study on the development and prospect of the border trade between China's Tibet and India is a significant issue.The whole article is divided into 4 main parts: the history and current situation of the border trade between China's Tibet and India; the significance of developing the economic and trade contacts between Tibet and India; the potential and opportunity of the border trade between Tibet and India; existing problems and their solutions in the border trade between Tibet and India.The first part includes the development and its reasons of the trade contacts between Tibet and India. As early as the time of Emperor Gampo, cultural communications and simply trade contacts had occurred frequently between Tibet and India. Then, the relevant management systems had been set in Qing Dynasty. In recent and modern times, trade had change to be the tool for British-India colonists to invade Tibet and Tibet became the market of industrial products from British and...