一般印度人对中国知之甚少。他们或许听说过北京和上海引人注目的城市发展,但1962年中印冲突的记忆与心理伤痕依然给任何对中国的积极观点投下阴影。与之类似,普通中国人对印度的了解也很有限,许多人认为印度是一个混乱、贫穷、肮脏的国度。然而,只要浏览一下中国的报纸与书店,就会发现中国人所能接触到的有关印度的信息,远比印度媒体与学术出版物所提供的有关中国的 The average Indian knows little about China. They may have heard about the remarkable urban development in Beijing and Shanghai, but the memory and psychological scars of the Sino-Indian conflict in 1962 still cast a shadow over any positive view of China. Similarly, ordinary Chinese have limited understanding of India and many consider India a chaotic, impoverished and dirty country. However, a glance at Chinese newspapers and bookstores reveals that the Chinese can access more information about India than India’s media and academic publications about China