India Shows ‘Stiffest Resistance’ To China’s Coercion, Us Experts Tell Lawmakers

Washington: India has demonstrated the “stiffest resistance” to China’s growing aggression across the Indo-Pacific, top American experts on South Asia told lawmakers.

During a closely watched hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia on the US–India strategic partnership on Wednesday (local time), these experts underscored deepening bipartisan concern in Washington over Beijing’s attempts to dominate the region militarily, economically, and digitally.

Jeff Smith of the Heritage Foundation told the subcommittee that India “has engaged in… stopping Chinese coercion at their border,” calling New Delhi’s countermeasures among the most decisive taken by any of China’s neighbours. “Unlike us, it was able to ban TikTok essentially overnight,” he said. He added