Diplomatic tilt: US' aggressive involvement in India-China row

From threatening Beijing in the South China Sea to imposing fresh sanctions on its officials, Washington has taken an aggressive role against the communist regime amid its military stand-off with New Delhi.

Hyderabad: At a time when Beijing is engaged in an intense standoff with India over Galwan clashes, Washington's aggressive and shift moves against China -- raining sanctions on the communist regime and its aircraft carriers' drills in the South China Sea -- have favoured New Delhi, signalling America's active involvement in the stand-off supporting India against its traditional diplomacy.

Washington sanctioned three senior officials of the Chinese Communist Party for alleged human rights abuses targeting ethnic and religious minorities Beijing has detained in the western part of the country. The US had recently imposed travel bans on Chinese officials it believed were restricting foreigners’ access to Tibet.

The Trump administration's recent aggressive actions on China had probably pushed Chinese President Xi Jinping to speak to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin saying that Beijing and Moscow need to increase cooperation amid that changing global situations.

The Indian and Chinese troops' pullout from the Galwan region came after the talks between National Security Adviser Ajit Doval China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

However, just a day before the troops' pullout, two US aircraft carriers were conducting drills in the South China Sea. The USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan were conducting exercises "to support a free and open Indo-Pacific".

A series of Washington's actions against Beijing at times when its engaged in a border dispute with India shows America closer links with New Delhi is getting firmer in terms of global equations.