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When asked why Nehru, a known China ally, took such a strong line, Maxwell, who worked in India at the time as Time Correspondent said: "On that, I have come to some answers, guided by scholars like David Hoffman and Perry Anderson. Their reading is that the Indian leaders felt insulted by (late Chinese premier) Zhou Enlai's insistence on negotiations as they felt it impugned India's character as an ancient nation with defined boundaries."
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