With its international reputation battered by the pandemic, and with pushback against its territorial overreach intensifying, China’s ability to pursue its geopolitical ambitions is diminishing rapidly. Already, India has matched Chinese troop deployments along the frontier and occupied strategic positions in the area. In fact, a major Indian military buildup is on the cards. India’s military buildup will also include significant expansion of its naval capacity. Yet another likely dimension of India’s new China strategy will be to pursue a managed and selective economic decoupling.

Source: Mint December 31, 2020 17:26 UTC