At present the U.S. has cordial relations with China. American policy is worked out in tension between those who insist on expanded human r ights in China, and those who favor opening markets and investments in China and downplaying human rights issues. U.S. was closely allied with Pakistan until end of cold war. Pakistan provided bases for U-2 flights and conduit for arms to Afghanistan rebe ls. U.S. provided most of Pakistani military aid from 1954 to 1980s.
China is now the major military supplier to Pakistan.
The U.S. has maintained cool relations with India because of its refusal to join the west during the cold war, its pursuit of a non- alignment foreign policy and for its tight controls on American investment and business enterprise in India. China is the premier military power in Asia and considers Pakistan its oldest and most powerful Asian ally. China continues to occupy areas inside of India's borders as a result of the Indo-China war of 1962. China has nuclear armed missiles pos itioned against India along the Himalayan border and in Tibet, in addition to being Pakistan s main military weapons provider. Russia has had close relations with India since Indira Gandhi became prime minister in 1966.