Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c13.s2.10

v2.c13.s2.10

These communication and transport links served the purpose of providing crucial support to China's Resistance War against Japanese occupation at a time when various other channels of assistance were closed to China. At the same time, the War had the effect of connecting India and China across their land borders in a way that had not been done before, except in a minimal fashion, for many centuries.