China to India: You talking to me?!

OP-ED: China's challenge moves India to expect the worst, By HARSH V. PANT, The Japan Times, Sept. 28, 2009

You want a good capture of two adolescent great powers pondering a nose-resecting operation to spite their respective faces? This is it.

But go back to your rising U.S. history in the later years of the 19th century: we loved getting all jacked and bent out of shape on small stuff too. It's like watching young males standing on street corners, constantly erupting into stupid-ass, "you talking to me?" dynamics.

Yes, we will see plenty of this in years ahead. It's natural, it's annoying, and it's definitely to be managed.

(Via WPR Media Roundup)