G'day,
> Well, the People's Republic of China has the "one family, one child"
I tend to go tromping where angels fear to tread, but historically speaking
China has rolled into India (or the north of it) a fair few times. Given that
by the time they have a crack at India they control Russia, central Asia and
quote possibly parts of southeast Asia India just looks the next "sensible"
step. This would be especially true if India's population had
overwhelmed its economy and/or their had been hostilities with Pakistan
that had further weakened them. There are a fair few corridors they could use
to get their (and then there's advance tech troop delivery possibilities). Of
all the different "occupations" the Asian ones seem the most plausible to me.
Cheers
> --- Beth.Fulton@csiro.au wrote:
> I tend to go tromping where angels fear to tread,
Most especially if that conflict went into a 'limited
nuclear' phase. Take out a half-dozen of India's
largest cities and occupying them looks a lot more feasible.
G'day,
> Pretty marginal events, actually. In the Cold
That's underrating it a bit isn't it? It was a border war, but from the
accounts I've read it only stayed that way because China had finished proving
its point and withdrew. The Indian army was humiliated,
ill-prepared
and unable to win (much of the Indian 4th Division dissolving even before
reaching battle).
To my mind exactly that kind of thing could happen again, expansionist
China/Eurasian Union steps on land India considers its, Indian
politicans
underestimate China, the Indian army is caught off guard/under prepared
by a chinese advance (may be due to concerns on their western borders) and the
Chinese roll in. Though I do agree with your other point that an attack
through Afghanistan is probably more likely based on historical patterns.
> Over all of history, there were very few incursoins
The reference I mentioned to you when I was doing that ancients Chinese stuff
suggested that the Chinese had encroached enough around the edges to have sway
in Indian courts. They may not have occupied to the southern coasts, but there
has been some tussles in the past, which is what leads me to think its not too
inconcievable. If the Chinese could knock off Moscow so quickly, India
shouldn't face them with too much of a problem. Though I guess an arms race
with Pakistan could see the relative strengths of Russia and India vary
radically over the next century.
Cheers