In the little known region of Arunachal Pradesh, India and China are re-igniting a flame that has been dormant for over 40 years. The dispute is over lands that lay on the 3,500 kilometer border between China’s all-knowing and powerful sovereignty, and pacified India. This may come as a shock to most, but China really doesn’t do too well with demarcations, and has always chosen to ignore this particular one since 1914.

Editor for the Indian Defence Review, Bharat Verma, has a startling opinion on the matter at hand, namely that:

“China will attack India before 2012.”

Basically, Verma concludes that China needs a military victory to unite the disillusioned citizenry behind them. This would definitely boost morale, and create human shields jobs, spurring the Chinese industrial economy to go into overdrive and produce those awesome McDonald’s toys with lead paint for use as psychological warfare weapons. The convenience with China jumping into war is that there are friendly nations to China surrounding our naan munching friends. Pakistan for example would relish the opportunity to expand its borders, and lets not forget the smaller regions within India that would die for a border to call theirs. Aiya, the problems are ever apparent. Of course Verma’s piece has lead Chinese scholars to cover up deny his accusations as ‘folly.’

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Well, maybe Verma is wrong? Lets see what other countries China could play some C&C with along its borders… Mongolia is boring. Russia with Putin in charge, fuck no. North Korea is like a little brother. Vietnam… ah, been there done that. Laos.. eh textiles? Myanmar.. pshh no fun there. Bhutan is cheap labor, we got that too. Nepal has Ghurkas.. Forget that. Pakistan is a Chinese buddy! Afghanistan is a buddy of a buddy. Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan.. Only heard of one of these. Oil is kinda tempting though. India? Pacifist, resource rich (iron!) and highly educated cheap labor. Gotcha!

So what exactly is China saying to rebuke these claims? According to journalist Chen Xiaochen, China is being totally passive (methinks role reversal ‘adult games’). India on the other hand has recently deployed two army and two airforce divisions along the border with China. That represents approx. 60,000 soldiers and quite a few Su-30 fighter jets.  Hmm… That’s party sized. Defending the Chinese honor, Chen states that even though civil unrest and unemployment have hurt the economy, China still maintains 7.1% growth and over US$ 2 trillion in foreign exchange reserve. That’s enough to fucking buy Arunachal Pradesh.

“There is one scenario where there is possibility for war: an aggressive Indian policy toward China.”

Exciting times! One must think of a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you put in motion the option to eat a burger, you could likely end up at Mac D’s. If you move 60,000+ troops to a known confrontational border, you may be bitch slapped. So is this war likely?  Not according to this former U.S. military officer. If China wants to conquer new lands, the Central Asian countries with their oil seem more interesting targets, plus there’s a few serious mountains standing between the two nations. Yet this is exactly the area that is being contested at the moment, plus India and China have already fought a war precisely there. The only difference is now both nations have nukes…*

* In case of an attack, India would be at the mercy of all nations for assistance against a formidable PLA and a merciless band of thugs (Pakistan). We would therefore suggest the enlistment of all Ghurkas and Chuck Norris. Ghurkas for obvious reasons and Chuck Norris just has face-value which would deter any Chinese soldier; Tight jeans – roundhouse kicks, no chance of losing.