A Zee News report on May 29 suggests the intentions of Indian and US security establishments in the coming months. It also points to the possible deterioration of Sino-Indian relations and a spike in regional tensions due to the emergence of a so-called "Bangladesh-Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran -China strategic axis".

India deployed Rafale fighter jets and the Russian-made S-400 air defence system at the Siliguri Corridor, a strategically important stretch, due to threats from Dhaka, according to Zee News.

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's remarks at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on May 30 emphasised "the real and imminent threat China poses". He said Beijing is "credibly preparing to potentially use military force to alter the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific" and that the US is reorienting toward deterring aggression by communist China.

Both developments are centred around China. Let's examine the US posturing towards China.

The US establishment focuses on the "ascendent China challenge", projecting military build-up and war-games as aggressive Chinese posturing. However, history contradicts this.

Has China ever invaded another country or used deadly ammunition on foreign territories? Has it occupied an alien country like the US did in........

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