🇨🇳🇮🇳 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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