In 1962 india lost a war with China. Tai suggests that one reason was that most of the rank-and-file soldiers could only speak Indian languages, whereas officers--trained in a system that used mainly English instructional materials--could not communicate with them.
一九六二年中共跟印度打仗，下層兵士多半只會印度語，上層官員大多以英語發令，無法溝通而成為敗因之一。