By Admin 
When India launched Operation Sindoor against the Pahalgam terrorist attack, Pakistan’s weapons fell short. Although the outcome of this conflict was ceasefire, Pakistan suffered a major defeat. Now after 7 months, a shocking report from the Pentagon has come out. It has been revealed that India fought not only with Pakistan but also with China, because China had helped Pakistan on its backhand.
China helped Pakistan in three big ways
China adopted a ‘grey-zone’ strategy, in which Pakistan kept fighting from the front and China kept pressurizing India from behind through intelligence, cyber attacks, information and diplomatic means. This is a new model, where China was trying to weaken India through Pakistan without directly getting involved in the war.
- Intelligence Support: China provided real-time monitoring of India to Pakistan through its satellite coverage and electronic surveillance, which enabled Pakistan to do better targeting and operational coordination.
- Information Warfare: China ran online campaigns in which India’s allegations were blurred, Delhi’s claims were questioned and Pakistan’s narrative was spread internationally.
- Cyber Activity and Diplomatic Maneuvering: Cyber attacks and diplomatic methods prevented the conflict from escalating, but maintained pressure on India.
To help Pakistan, China did not field the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) directly, but helped from behind, so that it could easily deny to the world that it was not involved in it.
Why did China adopt a new war strategy?
According to the Pentagon report, China considers India as its main strategic challenge. Uses Pakistan as a ‘pressure valve’ so that India cannot increase defense cooperation with America and remains always busy. China considered Operation Sindoor a test case of its ‘grey-zone’ strategy, where cyber, economic coercion, information warfare and proxy destabilization come first.
China had made a big move against India
The report said that the disengagement agreement between India and China on LAC in October 2024 was also temporary, so that India does not come closer to America. Experts believe that this disclosure is a new challenge for India. Now India will have to be prepared not only for the threat from Pakistan but also for the joint ‘hybrid’ threat from China and Pakistan.
What happened in Operation Sindoor?
Operation Sindoor was a 4-day conflict that lasted from 7 May 2025 to 10 May 2025. On April 22, 2025, 26 civilians were killed in a terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, after which India launched missile and air strikes on 9 terrorist targets in Pakistan. India said it was to target terrorist infrastructure, while Pakistan called it an attack on civilian areas. There were air and missile attacks from both sides in the conflict, but India had taken a decisive lead.