China reportedly offered to sell Pakistan 40 J-35 fifth-generation fighter jets, KJ-500 early warning aircraft, and ballistic missile defence systems. (Representative Image/AFP)

China allegedly used tensions between India and Pakistan in May to carry out real-world “testing and promoting" of its advanced weapons systems, a bipartisan US commission has said in its annual report.

According to the report by the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, published on Tuesday, Beijing leveraged the four-day conflict to “test and advertise the sophistication of its weapons, useful in the contexts of its ongoing border tensions with India and its expanding defence industry goals".

“This clash was the first time China’s modern weapons systems, including the HQ-9 air defence system, PL-15

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