关键词: 印度, “印太”战略, 南海安全, 中印关系

Abstract:

After Australia and the United States respectively put forward the constructive idea of "Indo-Pacific", India expressed a positive attitude towards it. India already has a potential "Indo-Pacific" plan in reality, which means India needs to integrate into the geopolitical system of the "Indo-Pacific", actively participate in regional affairs, and play a positive role by deepening maritime security cooperation with countries such as the United States, Japan, and Australia, accelerating the pace of geopolitical expansion and so on to achieve more economic and strategic interests.The South China Sea is a significant area for the implementation of the "Act-East Policy" in India, which is closely related to the "Indo-Pacific" goal of India. From the geopolitical perspective, the Indo-Pacific region, as a strategic arc, includes the western Pacific region adjacent to the South China Sea, which has become a key area for active intervention by maritime forces such as the United States. It will inevitably affect the security atmosphere, maritime shipping, cargo trade, and relations with neighboring countries in the South China Sea. In terms of the current security situation in the South China Sea, the territorial disputes of some ASEAN countries such as the Philippines and Vietnam, as well as the intervention of countries outside the region such as the United States, India, Japan, and Australia, have led to a complex security situation in the South China Sea, and the prospect is not optimistic. As a geographically adjacent country to China, India's expanding geopolitics in the South China Sea and its potential strategic combination will inevitably stimulate more exotic countries to deeply intervene in the South China Sea including Britain and France. Therefore, China should actively take corresponding measures, such as strengthening strategic dialogue, improving defense capabilities, building the community with a shared future for the sea, promoting the construction of "the Belt and Road Initiative" and so on, and take preventive measures in advance to maintain the security environment in the South China Sea.

Key words: India, "Indo-Pacific strategy", the security of the South China Sea, Sino-Indian relations