Abstract:
Following their development as present day states amidst the twenty-first century, relations
between India and China have been exceedingly mind boggling in nature and, generally, full
with tension. It is contended that China has pursued a strategy of containment of India, testing
its local prevalence in South Asia and building its neighbor's development as a major force to be
reckoned with. A critical investigation of India's recently assertive strategy, both in Asia and
beyond, uncovers that New Delhi has decided to back its arrangement of engagement of Beijing
with a manifestation of counter-containment. This research focuses on the implications of Sino-
Indian rapprochement on Pakistan and its strategic importance and role in Asia in general and
South Asia in particular, as India, China, and Pakistan are regarded as members of a
strategically interdependent subsystem. Since China and Pakistan’s relations have survived a
long period of time and have undergone many tests, yet have still remained cordial, the renewed
Sino-Indian relationship holds interesting possibilities for the future prospects of Pak-China
friendship.
