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Border Conflict I read with interest Ishaan Tharoor's story [Aug. 31]. It is clear that a major conflict between India and communist China would pose a very serious global threat. Yet I share his view that the long-term survival of India as a multicultural nation is more securely assured than that of communist China. Like all totalitarian states, China has decided to ensure the power of the central state by eradicating all local cultures and languages. A vast country such as India, with ancient traditions, many languages and several religions, has to tread a narrow path between...
...renewed threat of civil war in Burma isn't just an internal problem. The country's minorities are concentrated in its borderlands, and in recent weeks, as the junta has surged into rebel territory, tens of thousands of ethnic refugees have poured into Thailand and China...
...Elephant and Dragon I read with interest your essay on Sino-Indian tensions [Aug. 31]. It is clear that a major conflict between India and communist China would pose a very serious global threat. Yet I share the view that the long-term survival of India as a multicultural nation is more securely assured than that of communist China. Like all totalitarian states, China has decided to ensure the power of the central state by subduing all local cultures and languages. A vast country like India, with ancient traditions, many languages and several religions, has to tread a narrow path...
Last year, the Harvard women’s golf team relied on a string of individual victories to carry the team to Ivy League dominance. This year, the Crimson still carries the threat of solo wins, but has now bolstered the lineup with more reliable scorers. And while the squad may have slipped a spot from last year’s finish at the Princeton Invitational—second, down from first—this year’s showing offers several clues indicating another successful campaign for the Harvard golfers. Leading the way for the Crimson was sophomore Christine...
...recent weeks, public attention in India over what is perceived to be the growing threat lurking north of the border has reached feverish levels . Tensions along the Himalayan frontier with China have spiked noticeably since a round of Sino-Indian talks over long-standing territorial disputes this summer ended in failure. In their wake, the frenetic Indian press have chronicled reports of nighttime boundary incursions and troop buildups, even while officials in both governments have downplayed such confrontations. Elements in the Indian media point almost daily to various signs of a Beijing plot to contain its neighbor's rise...