China Adopts ‘Aggressive’ Foreign Policy Towards India Led by Xi Jinping: US Report
A commission appointed by the US Congress said in its report that China, under the leadership of President Xi Jinping, has adopted an aggressive foreign policy towards India and stopped efforts to clear the Line of Actual Control, which has hindered peace. There has been a standoff between Indian and Chinese forces at several places in eastern Ladakh for the past seven weeks and tensions have escalated after 20 Indian soldiers were martyred in a violent clash in the Galvan Valley on 15 June.
The report released by the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission stated, "Beijing has taken an aggressive foreign policy stance towards New Delhi under the leadership of Communist Party of China (CCP) Secretary-General Xi Jinping. Since 2013, there have been five major confrontations with India on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) of China.
The Chinese government is scared about India's strengthening relations with the US
"Beijing and New Delhi made several agreements to stabilize their borders and took steps to build mutual trust, but China stopped efforts to clarify the LAC, which hindered peace," the report said. In this report by Will Green, policy analyst for the security and foreign affairs team in the commission, it has been said that the Chinese government is scared about India's strengthening relations with the US and its allies."
Clashes increased since Xi came to power in 2012
It added that clashes have increased since Xi came to power in 2012 when he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on several occasions and agreed on several mutual confidence-building arrangements to ease tensions in Beijing and New Delhi. According to the report, before 2013, the last major confrontation on the border took place in 1987.
It also added, "The 2020 clash is the result of Beijing's aggressive foreign policy. The skirmish has come at a time when Beijing is aggressively asserting its claims of sovereignty over the Indo-Pacific region such as Taiwan and the South and East China Sea. "
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