From Times Of India:
A leading defence expert has projected that China will attack India
by 2012 to divert the attention of its own people from "unprecedented" internal dissent, growing unemployment and financial problems that are threatening the hold of Communists in that country.
"China will launch an attack on India before 2012. There are multiple reasons for a desperate Beijing to teach India the final lesson, thereby ensuring Chinese supremacy in Asia in this century," Bharat Verma, Editor of the Indian Defence Review, has said.
Verma said the recession has "shut the Chinese exports shop", creating an "unprecedented internal social unrest" which in turn, was severely threatening the grip of the Communists over the society.
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My Comment: China and India have always had a tense relationship. They have a history of border skirmishes, and are now competing to be the geopolitical power in Asia.
Can this escalate into a major war?
I have my doubts. Both countries are focus primarily on economic issues .... not war issues .... but who is to say what the situation will be like by 2012.