Yet that war failed to resolve the disputes between the world’s two most populous countries, and its legacy continues to weigh down the bilateral relationship. While their economic heft is drawing increasing international attention, their underlying strategic rivalry over issues ranging from land and water to geopolitical influence in other regions usually attracts less notice.
发自新德里——本月是中国对印度发起军事行动五十年的日子，这场战争是共产党领导下的中国所赢的唯一一场对外战争。但这场战争却未能解决世界上人口最多的两个国家之间的争端，而其后果至今仍在拖累着双边关系。当两国的经济实力正得到越来越多的国际关注之时，相对而言中印之间在其他问题上——从土地到水源，再到对其他区域的地缘政治影响——所存在的潜在战略对峙得到的关注就较少了。