Is the weather changing? China, India and Vietnam are getting closer, and Pakistan has allied with the United States?
After Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited India, he then went to visit Pakistan, where he held the sixth China-Pakistan Foreign Ministers' Strategic Dialogue with Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Dar.
At the same time, the military and security ties between the United States and Pakistan have rapidly intensified. These signs have made people wonder: is this familiar geopolitical environment changing?
Why has it become that China and India are on one table, while the US and Pakistan are on another? This is actually overthinking.
Firstly, China has shown strong strategic stability in handling relations with Pakistan and India.
On one hand, Sino-Pakistani cooperation is institutional and structural, forming deep integration from infrastructure, energy, power to high-end weapon systems.
China does not worry about Pakistan having some contact with the United States, but rather welcomes its efforts to better ensure its own stability by maintaining external balance.
On the other hand, although China and India have territorial disputes, they have never cut off channels of communication, nor have they given up on economic and trade cooperation.
In 2024, the trade volume between China and India still exceeded 130 billion US dollars, becoming a main pillar of India's foreign economy.
China emphasizes regional stability and peaceful coexistence, without deliberately pulling one side against another. This strategic composure and interest rationality have instead placed India in a dilemma.
In contrast, India's foreign policy seems anxious and fickle.
In recent years, India has tried to get close to the United States, hoping to gain technology transfer and international support, but at the same time, it has not been willing to fully follow American instructions - for example, insisting on purchasing Russian weapons, not clearly condemning Russia, and continuously increasing trade with China.
To the eyes of the United States, India is not obedient; while to the eyes of China, India always wants to go beyond its level.
Now seeing Pakistan start to interact with the United States again, India instinctively feels abandoned, and the warming of Sino-Indian relations at this time makes India's mentality more complicated, after all, they just had a war with Pakistan, now the United States is constantly interacting with Pakistan, China is not worried about the US and Pakistan getting closer, but India cannot help but be worried, and originally thinking of cooperating with the United States to counter China, now how has it gradually become relying on China to counter the United States?
In the end, it's not the pattern that has changed, but India's misjudgment of the pattern.
China has always clearly maintained the strategic depth of Sino-Pakistani relations, while also handling relations with India in an open-minded way.
The one who is truly being led by the nose is India itself.
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