Every so often, the occupant of 7 Racecourse Road in New Delhi declares it to be an “Indian century”. Manmohan Singh, prime minister since 2004, has not resisted the temptation. A decade into the 21st century, few would bet on the elephant managing to lumber past the dragon, or succeeding in consigning to history Chinese aspirations for a sinocentric, unipolar Asia.
新德里跑馬場路(Race Course Road) 7號的歷任主人不時宣稱,這將是「印度的世紀」。自2004年起擔任印度總理的曼莫漢•辛格(Manmohan Singh)也擋不住這種誘惑。21世紀已過去十年,但沒幾個人敢斷定,這隻大象會跑得過龍,成功地把中國打造以中國爲中心之單極亞洲的雄心付諸歷史。
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