Third, both India and China, like Pakistan, are under tremendous US pressure to follow its global policies. However, India's outright refusal to sign the CTBT, unless and until the guarantees it wanted were given, is a clear proof of the fact that it will not wilt under pressure. Both India and China resent such pressures, as part of the US global strategy to entrench its supremacy. They are the two most populous countries of the world, and cannot be easily influenced and controlled. Hence they both might just be tempted to cooperate to thwart US pressure.
China is, on the face of it, trying to rope in India.
Making a connection between the US pressure and China's non - interference is clearly a Chinese overture to create some common ground against mounting US pressure on them. Lately, China's studied neutrality on the Kashmir question which seemingly favours India, is another notable development. The Kashmir problem has to be resolved strictly bilaterally by India and Pakistan. Of course, Beijing's position is dictated by its own strategic interests, but it does at the sametime mean proximity to India's view on the issue, which is pretty alarming for Pakistan. India believes that China has virtually colonized parts of Burma.