Horrible history can make for poor diplomatic and political tiesdoesn’t always make for bad business. India and China are as good an example of this adage, as China and Japan are too. Henry Kissinger’s book On China begins with a fascinating snippet of what is being discussed fiercely in India these days – a border war 50 years ago that still troubles Indian decision makers and continues to be a cause of an internecine security debate in which the government is least keen to become involved. According to Kissinger, Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong called his military and political leaders in October 1962 to discuss a border standoff with India and decided to break the stalemate. Mao said the two countries had earlier fought “one-and-a-half war” and it was time to wrap up the remaining half.

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