China’s rulerslike to look down on India. They scorn its turbulent politics, its creaky infrastructure and its poverty.Indiahas looked across with a combination of fear and envy, hoping in vain to be treatedas an equal. Now the tectonics of the trans-Himalayan relationship are shifting. Recent border bloodshed suggests mounting hostility. But blossoming economic ties tell a different story that could trouble America and its allies.
This article appeared in the International section of the print edition under the headline “Asia’s biggest beasts”
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