Pentagon 2025 Report Warns of China's 'Dual-Track' Strategy: Easing LAC Ties While Arming Pakistan

In this India Today Global Report, the focus is on the Pentagon's 2025 Annual Report to Congress, which warns of China's 'dual-track strategy' against India. The report states that while Beijing has eased tensions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) following the October 2024 disengagement, it is simultaneously tightening military pressure through Pakistan. The Pentagon describes the calm at the LAC as 'tactical, not transformational', aimed at preventing a deeper India-US strategic alignment. Crucially, the assessment notes that China continues to label Arunachal Pradesh a 'core interest', placing it in the same category as Taiwan. The programme also highlights the supply of 36 J-10C fighter jets and other advanced weaponry to Islamabad.