India's Perspective towards China in Their Shared South Asian Neighbourhood: Cooperation Versus Competition
Rahul Roy-Chaudhury
ABSTRACT
India's top foreign policy priority is its neighbourhood of South Asia and the Indian Ocean, which it shares with China. This article seeks to understand how India views its largest and most powerful neighbour China in their shared neighbourhood. In view of the nature of the geographical location of the two major rising powers, India seeks to engage China through a mix of cooperation and competition. An unprecedented growth in Sino-Indian bilateral trade has taken place, with China becoming India's largest trade partner. Yet, this dominant geo-economic narrative until the mid-2000s is increasingly being challenged by the dynamics of competition between the two countries in their shared neighbourhood. This has sharpened over their border dispute impacting Bhutan, new dramatic Chinese economic-focused initiatives in South Asia and an expansion of Chinese influence and presence in the Indian Ocean.
KEYWORDS: India-China relations, South Asia, Indian Ocean
合作与竞争：印度对于南亚地区中印共享周边地区的态度
摘要
印度对外政策的重点在于中印共有的位于南亚和印度洋的邻邦。本文旨在理解，对于中国这个最为强大的邻国，印度在两国共有的周边地区是如何看待它的。鉴于两崛起大国在地理位置上的性质，印度寻求通过一系列的合作与竞争发展与中国的关系。中国已成为印度最大的贸易伙伴。中印的双边贸易增长史无前例。但是，直到二十一世纪中叶，这种主导型的地缘-经济叙述逐渐受到两国在周边地区的竞争动力的挑战。与此同时，中印在周边地区的竞争愈发激烈，中印两国的边界争端不仅影响了不丹以及中国在南亚地区的经济倡议，也影响了中国在印度洋地区影响与存在的扩大。
关键词：中印关系、南亚、印度洋
（王守都 译）