Thread by @gchikermane

By protecting a terrorist and sponsor Pakistan, China shows:
1. It’s in tune with terror
2. Its contempt for India overrides global concerns
3. It’s an irresponsible ‘great power’
4. It chooses terror over prosperity

Ball is in India’s court:
1. Tibet
2. Taiwan
3. Trade
4. Quad

https://twitter.com/ani/status/1105892118520709120

Of course India is disappointed.

But China will not escape unscathed — its terror hyphenation with Pakistan is now complete and unambiguous.

#ChinaBacksTerror is now more than a hashtag — it is a cold reality that places China-Pakistan in the same terror zone.

By hyphenating itself with Pakistan this time, China has launched a diplomatic Pulwama on India — no less.
All masks are off and the truth has revealed itself — Pakistan uses terror as state policy to wage a proxy war against India, China uses Pakistan for the same goals.

“We will continue to pursue all available avenues to ensure that terrorist leaders who are involved in heinous attacks on our citizens are brought to justice.”
— @MEAIndia

[Note: “...all available avenues...”]

mea.gov.in/press-releases…

For Chinese intellectuals, Pakistan using terror as state policy and terrorists as tools to kill Indians are not ‘concrete issues’
That’s because China is now unambiguously hyphenated with Pakistan on terror

https://twitter.com/globaltimesnews/status/1106006448641794049?s=21

“There is only one power and it’s hard.”

https://twitter.com/kanchangupta/status/1106066598907899904?s=21

Sharp thread by @KanchanGupta

“If indeed Pulwama has changed India, then let us see some signs of that in India's China policy, in the next few days, not weeks. Soft-pedalling on China is no longer an option.”
@sushantsareen brings an urgency in dealing with China-Pakistan terror nexus
dailyo.in/politics/china…

Do watch this deeply insightful conversation between @SunjoyJ and @NaghmaSahar on how the China-Pakistan terror hyphenation is playing out geopolitically towards one goal — to contain India

https://twitter.com/orfonline/status/1106185497674575872?s=21

India should respect a one-China policy to the extent China respects a one-India policy timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-edit…

A fine edit in @timesofindia on an India-China reset — do read and share

“If China continues to block Azhar’s designation as a terrorist, responsible member states may be forced to pursue other actions at the Security Council.”
m.economictimes.com/news/defence/a…
[By hyphenating itself with Pakistan on terror, China risks isolating itself among civilised nations]

As France makes a start, soon there will be only two countries from where global terrorists will be free to operate with impunity — Pakistan and China

https://twitter.com/ani/status/1106449000037867520?s=21

France — @FranceinIndia — plans to get the European Union to freeze Masood Azhar’s assets as well.

Too early to conclude, but it seems that soon Pakistan and China will be the only two countries left supporting terrorists.

https://twitter.com/franceinindia/status/1106455155782778880?s=21

Terrorist Masood Azhar in UN [& China’s protections] — brief history by @SushmaSwaraj

2009: India lone proposer
2016: India’s proposal co-sponsored by US,France,UK
2017: US, UK, France moved it
2019: US,France,UK moved & 14/15 UNSC Members co-sponsored it

https://twitter.com/sushmaswaraj/status/1106476570712014848?s=21