标题: Washington Post [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 12-1-2011 12:25 标题: Washington Post Simon Denyer, Popular distrust challenges peaceful rise of India and China. Washington Post, Dec 1, 2011. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wo ... QAx5C6FO_story.html
(Simon "Shen [of the Hong Kong Institute of Education] admits his findings might magnify and distort the views of ordinary Chinese, partly because extreme nationalism is one of the few avenues open for a Chinese citizen to criticize the Communist Party. But in contrast to views about the United States and Japan, he found negative views of India remarkably homogenous between liberal and nationalist discussion forums.")
Note:
(a) Hong Kong Institute of Education 香港教育學院 ( dedicated to teacher education; public; established in 1994 throough merger of five colleges of education)
(b) Sino-Indian War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Indian_War
(In 1954, China and India negotiated the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, by which the two nations agreed to abide in settling their disputes. India presented a frontier map which was accepted by China, and the Indian government under Prime Minister Nehru promoted the slogan Hindi-Chini bhai-bhai (Indians and Chinese are brothers))
(i) Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964; 1st prime minister of India 1947-1964)
(ii) bhai (n (countable); Indian English):
"1: brother
2: used for talking in a friendly way to a man"
Macmillan Dictionary, undated. http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/bhai
"It [hosting the Dalai Lama in world Buddhism conclave] was something of a victory for India in what observers increasingly see as a contest with China to win the favor of Buddhists around the world. India is the land where Buddha gained enlightenment and taught, but China has the largest population of Buddhists today.
Compared with China, "India may not be splashing quite so much cash, but it is also trying to burnish its credentials, observers say, regularly sponsoring Buddhist conferences across Asia and at home.