2006年6月,中国和印度重新开启了两国之间穿越喜马拉雅山脉的唯一一条全天候路上贸易通道——乃堆拉山口。随着这条连接锡金首府甘托克和西藏亚东城、长达100公里的陆上贸易通道的恢复,预示着两国外交政策发生了微妙转变。“领土政治”不再占主导地位,经济动力最终会占上风。中印两个大经济体之间的繁荣竞赛正在展开。 In June 2006, China and India re-opened the only all-weather trade route across the Himalayas between the two countries, the Nathu La Pass. With the restoration of a 100-km onshore trade route linking the city of Sikkim, Gangtok, and the eastern part of Tibet, heralded a delicate shift in the foreign policy of the two countries. “Territorial politics” no longer dominates, and economic motivation eventually prevails. The boom between China and India’s two largest economies is under way.