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Originally Posted by WhamBam
I have never seen this in any of India's official statements. You can't take the comments in a forum to be India's official policy. I want to know why China went ballistic when India tested the nuclear weapons. Hasn't China done the same and proliferated to Pakistan?
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Not sure what you read but Chinese reaction was rather muted. It was in line with the N5, all rejecting both India and Pakistan Nuclear Weapons States status.
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Originally Posted by WhamBam
India has absolutely no problem with your friendship with Paksitan.
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You seriously are joking me!
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Originally Posted by WhamBam
It is the proliferation and the arming of an unstable, dangerous regime that it does not like. It will be like India proliferating N. weapons to Taiwan. Also last time I checked, China's "official" defence budget was more than double of India.
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Except when viewed in the strategic context. If the Pakistani Army is viewed as a Chinese Army against India, then what do you think of the situation?
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Really. China is getting nuclear technology from USA. Getting all the latest weapons from Russia. This is not a problem for India. The issue is that China wants to stop the emergence of India and tries to contain it through arming unstable regimes. The only reason for Pakistan's belligerence with India is that it feels that China will back it.
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And both China and the US are quick to calm things down.