I had been planning to write up my annual end of year predictions, however the news filtering through of the latest Sino-Indian border clashes on December 9th in the Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh made me rethink. While the clashes appear to have included melee weapons rather than firearms, this may not always be the case. The tense Chinese-Indian relationship is the pivot around which the 21st century will revolve, arguably more than the Chinese -US relationship. It des