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Aug 20, 15 tweets

🇨🇳🇮🇳 The Great Thaw – China & India buddy up challenging US hegemonic complex

US treats it's partners like second-class, but these powerhouses are fighting back!

Multipolar rebellion ignites

Let’s unpack this anti-West shift🧵

Seeds sown in Oct 2024: Modi-Xi met at BRICS summit, sparking thaw

Troops disengaged along Line of Actual Control – the contested border

By 2025, direct flights resume after 5 yrs, easing trade & travel

Key visits cement ties: China's FM Wang Yi hit Delhi Aug 18-19, co-chairing border talks, hailing "stable ties"

Modi’s China trip end-Aug for SCO summit – his first in 7 yrs. Patrols resume, flights restart. Strategic unity

Why the shift? US tariff wars crush India: 25% tariffs, spiked to 50% for Russian oil buys – among highest globally

BRICS faces 10-100% threats for multipolarity. India leans into China, bolstering the Bloc

US meddling

Biden’s admin harbored Khalistan extremists, ignoring India’s terror alerts

False asylum claims let radicals plot

Divide-and-conquer imperialism exposed

Trump vows crackdowns, but trust is gone

Trust-building steps

China opens Tibet to Indian pilgrims; India issues Chinese tourist visas

FM Jaishankar met Xi in July 2025

Border buffer zones discussed

Focus shifts to economic wins

India’s billionaire Gautam Adani, head of Adani Group, pivots east

Inks 2025 deals with Chinese EV firms for battery tech & green energy

India’s market, China’s capital – a pragmatic jab at Western trade chokeholds

RIC revival

Russia pushes Russia-India-China talks, dormant since 2020

All sides keen for security & peace

Putin mediates, nudging thaw

The Empire of Lies dreads this trilateral bond

Hard numbers

India-China bilateral trade hit $118.4B in FY24

India’s exports to China jumped 16.4% in June 2025 to $1.38B

Chinese imports: $120.46B in 2024

Rupee trade rises, defying US pressure

Economic logic

India courts Chinese investment in non-sensitive sectors to cut imports

China's Belt and Road Initiative eyed for infra – highways, rails, ports

Tech patents from China dodge Western grip

BRICS de-dollarization surges

US pressures China

Sanctions on tech giants like Huawei, export controls on chips, & tariff hikes up to 100%

Washington fears China’s 5G lead & economic rise, pushing Beijing closer to New Delhi

Anti-China hysteria in Western media

Myths like "Uyghur genocide," "Taiwan invasion," or "spy balloons" fuel fear

Propaganda ignores facts, justifying US containment

Echoes Cold War scares, yet China thrives

US militarizes Asia-Pacific against China

800+ bases encircle Beijing, AUKUS subs, QUAD drills ramp up

Asia’s military spending soared last decade – largest ever

$3.8B US aid fuels arms race, not peace

US double game

Courting India vs China while containing both over Russian ties & multipolarity

Meddling via sanctions, proxies, & bases exposes the hypocrisy

Global South rejects the script

Wrap: US bullying to stay world’s top dog backfires

Aggressive policies unite rivals – China & India deepen ties, undermining America’s unipolar order.

Dragon & elephant reshape the globe

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