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Article: INDIA AND CHINA WORRISOME.(Editorial)(Column)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- July 6, 2001
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Byline: JIM HOAGLAND Syndicated columnist
WASHINGTON -- Add the Bush push for missile defense to a long list of items separating India and China.
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government likes it. Beijing hates it. Therein lies a tale of Asia's most dangerous long-term tensions, and America's obligation to avoid making them more dangerous.
It is time for a bit of strategic heresy: The chances of serious conflict between India and China may now outrank the more obvious antagonisms between China and Taiwan as a threat to global stability. The balance of power across the Himalayas could be more tenuous than the confrontation across ...