After a terrorist attack on citizens in Pahgam, Kashmir on 22 April 2025, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiankun Comment He strongly opposed all forms of Beijing terrorism. And yet, China’s postures around India-Pakistan relations have largely stuck with three claims, which express their inherent support for the situation in Pakistan.
The first is that China believes that the incident was the result of unknown but Positive Local gunmen “shooting” citizens. This is clear from coverage on China’s two largest and most popular media platforms, Xinhua And CCTVBoth are owned and operated by the Chinese party-state. In this regard, the only way for Chinese Articulation from Pakistan is that popular coverage refers to the place of incident as “India-controlled” or “India-influenced” Kashmir, as opposed to Islamabad, which refers to it as “Indian illegally occupied Kashmir”.
‘Avoid premature conclusions’
This approach reduces the idea that this incident was a function of terror, and pushes Indian concerns around the infiltration of Pakistani state -sponsored terrorists into Kashmir. In fact, coverage in media platforms owned by major Chinese state Global period Resistance is a hasty return rather than the authenticity of TRF, in which the terrorist group blamed their statement claiming responsibility for an attack for a cyber infiltration. On this account, the forum urged India to “rationally” work and “avoid premature conclusions”. For an informed audience, it is a clear disregard for the history and reference of Pakistani state-ex-terrorism on Indian soil.
The second claim is that China formally expects to move towards a peaceful solution of dispute for both India and Pakistan and accept bilateral talks as ahead. It was especially Stressed on In a phone call by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on 27 April with his Pakistani counterpart Mohammad Ishaq Dar. Further, Bhavna was repeated by Guo Jiankun in his regular press conference on 28 April, where he Stated “As a common neighbor of both India and Pakistan, China hopes that both sides will practice restraint, move towards each other, and handle their differences properly through dialogue and consultation”.
Arbitration or intervention?
Scholars have some support for this situation in circles. For example, Wang Shida, an executive director of the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations (a Chinese State Security Institute), argued in one. public For Huanqiu (Global Times Chinese) Because because India and Pakistan have a long way in terms of economic development, both should focus on resolving the dispute quickly and moving forward on their developmental agenda.
However, it is also interesting that the proposal for de-escation does not really seem to be inspired by the desire for peace. It comes from comments in Chinese media how analysts believe that India does not have the ability to join and win a hot war on Kashmir with Pakistan, and if it tries to do so it will derail its goals and ambitions. Scholars like Wang kept it more subtle, in which he says in his opinion, “If the situation in Kashmir moves forward – or even ‘explosion’ – it will not clearly serve the basic interests of India.”
Other comments, such as Gu Hopping (a pen for an account that often writes on military matters related to China) argues that in front of India’s aggressive currency, it is correct to not return to Pakistan. In fact, in a recent article for Chinese media platform accuracyUsing examples of India’s retreat in the 1962 war with China, and misleading arguments that India has not taken clear advantage in its historic wars with Pakistan, Gu has tried to promote the idea that it is best for Delhi.
How is China reducing India
Another angle that belongs to the interaction as the front path is in this legend, the desire to play the mediator of Beijing. In the April 28 comments, Guo Jiankun also said, “China welcomes all measures favorable to increase the current situation and supports the initial launch of a fair investigation.” Interestingly, this statement was made in response to a question presented by a journalist Riya NovostiA Russian state -owned media agency is based on the recent interview of the stage with Pakistan Defense Minister Khwaja Asif. In this interview, Asif said that he would find an international intervention by Russia, China, or any Western countries, is highly useful to find out who was behind the incident, and said that Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif supported the proposal.
Naturally, Beijing believes that it can be the right actor to enable the de-size of the situation, by supporting the launch of “fair and Swift” investigation. In fact, the coverage of Guo’s statements rarely admits that Asif also called other actors including countries in the West to support an international investigation. If someone sees the sugar ahead Copy Wang Yi’s phone call with Dar, Wang Wauch for Pakistan’s sovereignty and “legitimate security concerns”, while again calling for “fair investigation”. By continuously recurring its ability to bring peace, Beijing is inadvertently supporting Pakistan’s internationalization which is clearly a bilateral issue, and is reducing India’s opposition to global arbitration.
What did China say for Pulwama
It is important to note here that China’s official rhetoric and official rhetoric is not new to resolve the differences between India and Pakistan. Similar statement In February 2019, the Ministry of External Affairs was introduced by the Ministry of External Affairs to respond to the Jaish-e-Mohammed attack in Pulwama. Even then, spokesperson Geng Shuang refused to accept Pakistani participation, arguing that the naming of India’s terrorist group responsible for the attack does not indicate a confirmation decision; This is likely to remain a trend of rhetoric in China’s Asan-e-Viz India-Pak tension.
The third and final Pakistan has Chinese emphasis on the immorality and futility of India’s punitive measures against Pakistan. Some of these Indian resolutions are reflected in the writing of the commentators of Gu Huping over the flexibility of Pakistan’s China -backed armed forces. At a more fine level, the rhetoric that comes out of Beijing focuses on opposing everything, by the decision of India’s decision to shut down Pakistani aircraft to its airspace, for its move to conduct the Indus Water Treaty in acting.
For example, on a recent comment SohuA Chinese Internet media and online search company, Indian aircraft glorifies Pakistan’s retaliation to stop its airspace and prevent bilateral trade as a historical reaction to India’s punitive measures. The comment is written by a popular analyst called ‘Global Defense Focus’ and has more than 720 million reeds. Similarly, on the issue of India’s “danger” to prevent Pakistan’s water supply, recently Article But Cavity Highlights for Islamabad claims support that India has caused moderate floods in many lower areas in Pakistan -occupied Kashmir. Such rhetoric clearly ignores weather -related facts. Even if there are high levels of water flow recorded in Jhelum in the last few days, it is probably the result of the seasonal melting of glaciers – Lahore flood forecasting division is something Wags Residents on 18 April.
CPEC angle
Another angle to explain why Chinese narratives have specifically protested India is that they potentially affect China’s interests in Pakistan. Information On the incident of popular analyst Liu Zongai, director of the South Asia Research Center, in the Shanghai Institute for International Studies (a government think tank), informs the readers that Beijing can be concerned about the implication of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). In fact, due to D -Escapes and to proceed to Pakistan’s “security interests”, he reported that Pakistan accused India of supporting separatist and extremist groups inside Pakistan and Afghanistan – which disrupts Pakistan’s internal security and CPEC.
In this regard, even the official rhetoric of Beijing has been relatively mild and unclear, social and analytical support for strategic convergence between China and Pakistan is clearly clear. At a time when India-Pakistan relations are looking at an acute shake-up, China is likely to maintain its posture, including proposals to mediate in the name of regional stability. From the Indian point of view, it is important to assess this best to combat such narratives.
(Anushka Saxena is a China Studies Research Analyst with Indo-Pacific Studies Program of Taxila Institute)
Disclaimer: These are the personal opinions of the author
