Hong Kong (CNN) Beijing is on the verge of being sucked into an India-Pakistan crisis, amid rising tensions in the Kashmir region that borders China. China has close economic, diplomatic and military ties with Pakistan, making it one of the nation's closest allies in region. China experts said the country's best option was to join the US in working to defuse tensions between Pakistan and India. In July 2017, for example, there was a heated month-long territorial standoff between Chinese and Indian troops in Doklam, near the borders of India, China and Bhutan. "The common interests of China and India far outweigh their differences," state-run newspaper China Daily said in an editorial at the time.

Source: CNN March 01, 2019 00:45 UTC