CMV: China is a more reliable and natural ally for India than USA

The reason India and China are antagonistic is the 1962 War, at a time when China was under Mao. And very near the disastrous Great Leap Forward.

Now, China has moved on significantly from Mao - and have not been antagonistic ever since to their neighbors including Vietnam, Taiwan, Russia and Mongolia.

China is largely interested in being a world power and they cannot afford to become embroiled in a war. They want to develop their country and make it rich. It is likely that the CCP loses power of course the more generations ago along but currently Xi Jinping shows signs of being a largely mature leader interested in making China developed.

USA on the other hand has been extremely duplicitous well unto the 2000s. Leave alone the active support for Pak in 1970s, they also sanctioned India after the Pokhran tests, have multiple times refused UN SC membership and refused to solve the H1B visa issue for mutual benefit.

India and China should sign a peace treaty and let border disputes just be that - minor disputes. Even Germany and France have border disputes.

India and China should make a pact of cooperation and trde.