It would be a mistake to presume that the vast expansion of trade between India and China, currently worth more than $60 billion annually (with China now India’s largest trading partner), must lead to improved bilateral relations. Even while trade expands, China is attempting to confine India within greatly foreshortened land and sea borders through its so-called “string of pearls policy.”
而如果认为不断扩大的中印贸易（每年600亿美元，中国已成为印度最大的贸易伙伴）必将令双边关系有所改善的话，那就大错特错了。即便是在贸易规模扩大之时，中国依然试图通过所谓的“连珠政策”用不断收紧的陆地和海上边界来围堵印度。