The Chinese use Pakistan as a cheap instrument to triangulate India between them. It is safer to presume that the Chinese now see Pakistan as an extension of their Western Theatre Command. A two-front war is on. Except, the Chinese see no need to fight it directly. They have an able and willing proxy in Pakistan. Watch this week’s #ThePrint #NationalInterest with Shekhar Gupta

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