"Pulling A China"

This is a fascinating article from Asia Times Online. It is about the complex relationships between the U.S., China and India. Some excellent insight and analysis. A sampling: Will India pull a "China" on Beijing and garner geopolitical benefits by offering itself as a counterweight against China, in much the same way as China secured gains for itself by professing to serve as a counterweight to the Soviet Union? Should India become a US ally, the strategic situation for China would worsen not simply in Asia but across other continents as well, for India too has a large footprint, reaching across most parts of Africa and Asia, as well as selected countries in South America. Such a pairing of the world's two largest democracies seemed an unlikely prospect until the advent of President George W Bush. FULL ARTICLE....