The idea of collaboration only in areas of interest to China while neglecting issues of substance to India is untenable, even in the short term. Indeed, neglect of the core disputes is what has resulted in the relationship’s “extreme fragility.”
这种只在对中国有利的领域进行合作，却忽视印度实质利益的理念是无法持久的，甚至在短期之内都不行。事实上，对核心冲突的忽视就是导致两国关系“极端脆弱”的原因。须知印度不可能为了实现贸易平衡而放弃其领土主权或者边境安全。