India’s sensitivity to potential Chinese encirclement is similar to China’s fears of encirclement by the US and its allies. That is why China is unlikely to develop its relations with India and Pakistan (with which China still values its all-weather partnership) on separate tracks, as the US did during the Bush administration.
但印度仍没有摆脱1962年与中国开战留下的阴影。莫迪曾多次质疑中国在争议边界地区活动日益频繁。印度对可能被中国包围十分敏感，正如中国担心被美国及其盟国包围。正因如此，中国不可能向布什执政时期的美国那样区别发展与印度和巴基斯坦（中国仍将其视为全天候伙伴）关系。