New Delhi’s frayed ties with Washington have added to a thaw in the frosty relationship with Beijing that began last year.

The recent tariff blows administered by President Trump upon India, accompanied by his dismissive "dead economy" remark, has led to us unfurling foreign policy moves involving Russia and China. These offer a textbook case of strategic signaling,

India and China are aware of the “very high political, economic and military cost of frozen relations,” he says. “China felt it had pushed India too close to the U.S. while India realized that it was losing its vaunted strategic autonomy by getting too close to Washington and turning Beijing into an adversary.”