Abstract:
This paper concerns the big issue of our time: the rise of India and China and the challenges faced by them. As the emerging powers of Asia, both India and China enter into the power game and they try to safeguard their position in the Asian continent. They struggle for future leadership. China is a fast-growing country and India's powerful neighbor. There is a strategic competition between India and China in the Indian Ocean. But still, India and China maintain their normal relations. But both India and China need to emerge as the major powers of the Indo-pacific. Sometimes their relations become more difficult. Their power capabilities, wealth and national interest come in front in that sense. China's growing presence of Indian Ocean, as well as the South Asian region, became an important strategic involvement. But India wants to become the leader in South Asia and also India has the priority to become the leader. The data has been collected under the qualitative method and analysis has been done with SWOT and theoretical analysis. In this research focus on contemporary diplomatic relations and security-related issues between India and China. China and India are the traditional states with the traditional issues and increase the mistrust and hostility between those giants. It became the serious damage to their friendship and especially it negatively impacted on smaller states in South Asia.
