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China is not entirely excluded. comes as a warning to the Quad- ders, while on the occasion of competitors; here, India would
However, should Beijing re- rilateral countries—the US, Ja- crossing the 100-year mark, the certainly be treated as a critical
sort to a diplomatic arrange- pan, India and Australia—to be CCP will be looking to push the component in China’s strategic
ment wherein the US and its prepared to face a strong China. limits and test the resolve of its and foreign policy calculus.
allies are branded “hegemonic Beijing will continue to up the
powers” and avenues for multi- ante in its disputes with India, Jagannath P. Panda is Research Fellow at Manohar Parrikar Institute
lateral cooperation further dis- the South China Sea, over the for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi
integrate, India’s vision of an Senkaku Islands with Japan in Views expressed are of the author and do not necessarily reflect the
inclusive and therefore stable the East China Sea, and partic-
regional order may suffer. ularly Taiwan. views of the Manohar Parrikar IDSA or of the Government of India
Such rhetoric is not only In particular, India would This is the abridged version of the article which appeared first in the
meant to project China’s hard likely witness a more aggres- Comment section of the website (www.idsa.in) of Manohar Parrikar
and soft power globally but also sive China at its northern bor- Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses, New Delhi on July 7, 2021

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