Perhaps India and others should contend with China’s assertiveness by heeding Sun Tzu’s counsel: “Contain an adversary through the leverage of converting the neighborhood of that adversary into hostiles.” Just as China has cultivated Pakistan, is India’s growing embrace of Vietnam a counter-move on Asia’s strategic chessboard?
或许印度和其他国家可以借鉴孙子兵法来对抗中国的独断：“让敌人的周围形势对敌人不利，从而战胜敌人。”印度是在效仿中国栽培巴基斯坦，将与越南越走越近作为其在亚洲战略棋盘上与中国争锋相对的一招吗？