The momentum of the restoration of Sino-Indian relations is good, but we should not get too deeply involved. For us, the big issue currently before us is whether India views the improvement of Sino-Indian relations as a temporary measure to hedge against U.S. pressure, or whether India has genuinely realized that Sino-Indian friendly relations themselves are valuable. In fact, based on India's current actions, under the pressure from the United States, this seems more like the real motivation for India to seek improved relations with us.
Firstly, India is a member of the Quad (the U.S.-Japan-India-Australia "Quadrilateral Security Dialogue"). This year's Quad meeting will be held in India, and this meeting is undoubtedly a platform to test India's true attitude towards China. Secondly, although high-level diplomatic exchanges between China and India have become screen-based, in multilateral organizations, India still cannot change its role as a "troublemaker." For example, at the recent Qingdao Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) defense ministers' meeting in June, India's Defense Minister Singh refused to sign the joint statement.
The third point is that India's diplomatic strategy of playing both sides has great inertia, and it is practically impossible for India to change this diplomatic inertia. Therefore, while we welcome the development of Sino-Indian relations towards easing, a wiser approach would be to proceed step by step and observe. It must be clearly stated that even if both sides withdraw troops from the border and reduce personnel deployments, India can quickly mobilize military forces overnight to trigger a tense situation. Obviously, the foundation of mutual trust between China and India is relatively weak. We should maintain cautious optimism about India's true intentions towards us.
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