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As India and Pakistan were engaged in intense cross-border fighting last week, China tried to play a balancing act. While Beijing condemned the ruthless killing of 26 people in Pahalgam, it backed Islamabad’s call for an “impartial” probe into the attack of April 22. At the same time, China has fallen short in endorsing India’s Operation Sindoor, which was launched in retaliation for the terror attacks.
As tensions remain palpable along the Line of Control (LoC), China has been trying to provoke India by making belligerent actions. The Xi Jinping-led country has been infamous for renaming locations in Arunachal Pradesh. From 2017 to 2025, China has been giving its own names to places in Arunachal – although all of the instances followed a diplomatic spat with India.
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