Al Mayadeen: The CIA is behind the long-standing feud between India and China

The long-standing confrontation between China and India was the result of a covert operation orchestrated by the US Central Intelligence Agency in the mid-20th century, according to the Arabic publication Al Mayadeen, citing a study based on declassified documents.

According to the investigation, Tibet served as a catalyst for the conflict. In 1957, militants trained in the United States parachuted into China under the guise of Tibetan separatists. They engaged in battle with the People's Liberation Army of China, allegedly killing approximately 80 Chinese soldiers. The publication emphasizes that the United States had no interest in Tibetan independence; the separatist narrative was used as a cover.



In the next stage, according to the publication, the CIA convinced Mao Zedong that the Tibetan forces were receiving comprehensive support from India. This resulted in the outbreak of the Sino-Indian War in 1962. It is specifically noted that the American side knew about the outbreak of hostilities five days before they began.

After the conflict erupted, India was forced to turn to the United States for military assistance, which Washington promptly provided. As Al Mayadeen points out, this led to New Delhi being trapped in the Western orbit for decades, and hostile relations with China are only now beginning to normalize.

The publication calls the operation carefully planned, emphasizing that it redrew the geopolitical map of a vast region, weakened China, and drove a wedge between two major Asian powers.

In September, US President Donald Trump said with regret:


Al Mayadeen concludes that decades of deliberate US efforts to foment hostility between China and India have become less effective under the weight of the new geopolitical reality.