Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.t2.11

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The 1962 border conflict with China was a watershed that laid the foundations for greater research on China and building up expertise in the government, mainly focusing on foreign policy and security issues. As travel between India and China was severely restricted in this period there was little academic or other exchange between the two countries. Academic exchanges resumed in 1978, but started to flourish only at the end of the 1980s. The focus of the academic exchanges was on Language, Culture, and some Social Science disciplines, especially History and Political Thought.