China-Indian conflict simmering on low boil

With the two most populous nations of the world sparring for influence in South Asia, the effect of China's recently renewed efforts to contain India is simmering at a low boil, and an eruption could have worldwide implications, according to a report in Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.

China has renewed its claim over a swath of land called Arunachal Pradesh in China's southern Tibet region, prompting India to move troops and deploy its SU-30 fighter aircraft to the disputed border.

For China, India's advancement of its military along the border is part and parcel of a strategic plan it calls India's Look East policy, which apparently aims to extend influence in areas China regards as within its sphere. In particular, China is concerned about India's outreach in the Western Pacific to the Malacca straits in cooperation with Japan.

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