China viewing India as its Asian Rival to countering its hegemonic goal in Asia. Despite these difficulties in India-China relations, there are also many areas of convergence. Discuss.

China and India are two rising powers in an imagined "Asian century" of global order. China considers India as a rival suit here are fields where cooperation is needed. China viewing India as its Asian Rival to countering its hegemonic goal in Asia: (1) Growing presence in modern warfare, eg.) India's A-SAT mission (2) Rising economic order, eg.) According to IMF, India was just one amongst first 2 countries that grew in 2021-22.

Areas of rivalry: (1) India growing hegemony in India Ocean, eg.) Mission SAGAR, ASAR (2) India's soft-power diplomacy more acceptable than soft diplomacy of China, eg.) In Africa (3) India's undisputable position in the Indo-Pacific, eg.) member of QUAD (4) It is also countering Chinese presence in the middle east, eg.) I2 U2 - India is a part Areas of convergence between the two powers: (1) Geographically, both are part of Himalayan border geography, thus their interest converge in maintaining security of the region.

a) Culturally, both are linked with Buddhism, eg.) India organised Buddhist conference in 2013. 3) Both can work together to counter west-led anger in through organisations like SCO, eg.) inclusion of Iran - on which western sanctions are imposed. 4) Both the nations are close to Russia and can help bring an end to Russian-Ukraine war. 5) Dealing with issues of AI and climate change and emerging resource crisis. However, for this India and China need to rectify the economic imbalance and deal with border issues with mutual consensus.