Amid Surging Tensions in South Asia, China Steadily Shifts Its Position to Align With Pakistan

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel stand guard near the India-Pakistan Wagah border post, about 35 km from Amritsar on May 4, 2025. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP)

China is conveying mixed signals in its response to the surging tensions between India and Pakistan following the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, a small town in the Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Although Pakistan denies any knowledge of the brutal attack that killed 26 Indian people and injured 20 others, Indian media claims that forces affiliated with the Pakistani terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba were responsible.

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