The Chinese have attacked India, that's no one's propaganda.
No one's denying that. Nor it's a propaganda that even post-independence, most threats to India have origins in west. Conflict with China was a little spat compared to that. That follows from West-China alliance post Sino Soviet conflict, support to Pakistan, 7th Navy fleet in Indian Ocean, sanctions during late cold war, dual policies regarding nuclear weapons on China vs India, imposed trade deals, blockades in aerospace imports, funding of insurgencies and so forth.
There is nothing more than fear of China what somehow has forced west to cool down with India in past 10-15 years.
The Chinese have no use for India other than as a market.
West doesn't have any use of India either except a warfighting cushion against China. And unlike far away sitting declining west, China is our neighbor which is a long term problem and holds back government from taking sides. If there were no territorial disputes, India might have already been firmly in eastern Bloc with Russia and China.
The Europeans are smaller, more easily manageable countries for us regardless of their aims. We need them on our side for now, we will see what the future holds.
Europeans are middle and small powers and no longer hold any stronghold in East. I referred combined "West" which features US.
European states are essentially pawns of US and shifting loyalty to China to reap economic benefits. Their positions on India are either neutral or negative with exception of France. They are far from being on "India's side".
It would be incredibly reckless for us to risk our present fearing problems in the future. I have seen people being muddle headed about the Chinese threat for a very long time. Much as I share the disdain for the preachiness of the west, I have zero sympathy for anyone equating the threat from China with them. At present. As I said, we should deal with the future threats as they unfolds. For now, China is our No.1 threat and we should whatever means and befriend whoever to deal with it.
China is our short term present threat, both west and China are India's long term threat. Third cold war will be against India regardless of who comes out winning second cold war.
And it's not very intelligent for India to have any enemy of equal size and growth as a permanent arch enemy in neighborhood for declining states of west.
The positions that we take which are similar to what China takes is because of where we sit.
Rather because both of countries' interests sit at same place against west. West is the imperialist power sitting and China & India are the new status quo replacing them. Case is different that both are at war with each too.
In many cases, the Pakistani position is also the same. Shouldn't be misconstrued as anything more.
No, most Pakistani positions are same as that of whom satellite state they were at moment. US in past and China now.
