印度政治家斥責中國"擴張主義"
Narendra Modi, the Indian opposition leader, has told China to abandon its “expansionist attitude” in a rare foray into foreign policy as his general election campaign gathers pace.
印度反對黨領袖納倫德拉•莫迪(Narendra Modi，見右圖)告訴中國應拋棄“擴張主義態度”。隨着莫迪加緊展開競選活動，他在外交政策方面突然發力。Mr Modi, prime ministerial candidate for the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party, was portraying himself as an Indian patriot in a weekend speech in the Himalayan border state of Arunachal Pradesh – a territory claimed in its entirety by neighbouring China.
上週末，印度教民族主義的印度人民黨(Bharatiya Janata)的總理候選人莫迪在喜馬拉雅山麓的邊境邦阿魯納恰爾邦(Arunachal Pradesh)發表講話，將自己描繪爲一個印度愛國者。鄰國中國聲稱整個阿魯納恰爾邦（中國稱爲藏南——譯者注）是中國領土。“No power on earth can take away even an inch from India,” he told a rally in Pasighat in the far northeast of India. “China should give up its expansionist attitude and adopt a development mindset.” He wore a traditional hat from the local Adi tribe decorated with a hornbill’s giant beak.
莫迪在印度東北邊陲巴昔卡(Pasighat)的一個集會上表示：“任何強權都無法從印度奪走哪怕一寸土地。中國應放棄擴張主義態度，轉而採取一種發展的心態。”他頭戴一頂當地阿迪人的傳統樣式帽子，上面裝飾有一個巨大的犀鳥嘴。
Mr Modi, who has focused until now on his plans to restore economic growth and boost investment and jobs in India, said: “I swear by this land that I will not let this nation be destroyed, I will not let this nation be divided, I will not let this nation bow down.”
此前一直專注於重振印度經濟增長、提振投資和就業方面計劃的莫迪，在講話中表示：“我對這片土地發誓，我不會允許這個國家被毀掉，我不會允許這個國家被分裂，我不會允許這個國家低頭屈服。”India’s governing Congress party has in the past been equally insistent on rejecting China’s claims over Arunachal Pradesh, but Mr Modi is eager to burnish his nationalist credentials in the run-up to the election to be held within three months.
印度執政黨國大黨(Congress party)過去同樣堅決拒絕中國對阿魯納恰爾邦的主權聲明，但在大選日期距今不到3個月之際，莫迪急於打磨自己在民族主義方面的信譽。Sanjaya Baru, director for geoeconomics and strategy at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a global security think-tank, likened Mr Modi to Shinzo Abe, the nationalist Japanese prime minister whose goals include economic revival as well as pushing his country to stand up to an increasingly assertive China.
全球安全事務智庫——國際戰略研究所(International Institute for Strategic Studies)的地緣經濟與戰略主管散嘉亞•巴魯(Sanjaya Baru)將莫迪與日本的民族主義首相安倍晉三(Shinzo Abe)相提並論，後者的目標既包括經濟復興，也包括推動日本在日益強勢的中國面前站起來。“Modi would project himself as a more nationalistic leader, just in the way that Abe does,” said Mr Baru, adding that Indian foreign policy under a Modi government would probably not be fundamentally different to that of Manmohan Singh, the current Congress prime minister.
巴魯表示：“莫迪會將自己塑造爲一個更加民族主義的領袖，正如安倍所做的那樣。”他補充表示，莫迪政府的印度外交政策或許不會與現任國大黨總理曼莫漢•辛格(Manmohan Singh)有何本質區別。
