India is viewed in Chinese policy circles as a subordinate middle power that likes to create mischief for Beijing occasionally needs to be reminded of its place in the pecking order.
Chinese activities this time have been far more provocative, and that is likely a product of the wolf warrier diplomacy we have been seeing across the region.
China poses a growing threat to the U S and requires a more robust response.
The U S has been rather stalwart in supporting India across several international issues and crises in recent years, from balakot, pulwama, the belt and road initiative, article 370, sanctions on Pakisthani-based terrorists, the nuclear suppliers group etc.
I believe the strategic partnership with India will endure beyond the trump administration. The india- U S partnership has enjoyed sustained bipartisan support in both countries across multiple governments and I don’t expect a fundamentally change.
Jeff Smith, Heritage Foundaion Scholar, interview by Chidanand Rajghatta(from TOI)
U. S. President Donald Trump and his Secretary of State Mike Pompeo both delivered broadsides against Beijing, firmly placing China as the new geo-political danger to the free world. The U. S. will not sit back in the face of the “China threat” to our economy, for our liberty, and indeed for the future of free democracies around the world. The necessity of a new grouping of like minded nations, a new alliance of democracies to take on China cannot be neglected.
The truth is that our policies-and those of other free nations-resurrected Chinas failing economy, only to see Beijing bite the international hands that we were feeding it.
For too long we let the Chinese Communist Party set the terms of engagement, but no longer. Free nations must set the tone. we must operate on the same principles.
The challenge of china demands exertion, energy from democracies-those in Europe, those in Africa, those in South America, and especially those in the Indo-Pacific region. So we can’t face this challenge alone. The U. N. , Nato, the G7, the G20, our combined economic, diplomatic, and military power is surely enough to meet this challenge if we direct it clearly and with great courage. U S.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, from news
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