India Faces a Two-Front Test as China-Pakistan Ties Deepen: Tharoor
In a sharply argued opinion piece on NDTV, Shashi Tharoor has sounded the alarm on the growing China–Pakistan strategic convergence. He has described it as a deliberate and durable alliance designed to encircle and contain India.
Far beyond arms deals and UN vetoes, Tharoor identifies the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as a calculated attempt by Beijing to secure maritime access and embed itself deeper in South Asia — including through India’s own territory in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
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He has highlighted Pakistan’s growing reliance on China for economic lifelines and diplomatic cover, particularly on cross-border terrorism, and warns that Beijing is using Islamabad to divert India’s strategic focus and undermine its regional ambitions.
The Pakistan-China Embrace, And Why India Can't Afford To Ignore It: my opinion piece in @ndtv https://t.co/x3zCRVTFa8
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) July 4, 2025
Tharoor stresses that India must respond with credible deterrence, wider diplomatic coalitions, and strategic economic alternatives that are not dependent on Chinese infrastructure.
The China-Pakistan axis, he cautions, is a geopolitical reality. India must treat it as such, or risk losing ground in the new Asian order.