But, in looking toward the future of Asia – and, indeed, the future of world diplomacy – it is the relationship between the world’s two most populous countries and largest emerging economies, India and China, which will increasingly set the global agenda. Japan’s change of military doctrine for the first time since the start of the Cold War – a shift that implicitly makes China the greatest threat – suggests that the Chinese leadership needs to take a hard look at its regional grand strategy.
但在展望亚洲的未来（以及世界外交的未来）之时，真正能决定全球议程的其实是印度和中国——两个世界上人口最多，同时也是最大的新兴经济体——之间的关系。日本近日出台的新防卫大纲对其军事原则做出了自冷战开始以来的首次修订——这清晰地暗示中国已经成为该国最大的威胁——这意味着中国领导人也是时候仔细审视一下自己的区域性战略了。