[MunnaP]

India does not even need to make any choice...India would have large amount of trade with both US and China..Just like the US and China have with each other...Let there be great flow of love....three ways...Remember... Americans have half a trillion dollars worth trade with China...may be more ..I am not sure...

[Gengis Khan]

Trade is fine. US and China has more trade with each other then either of those countries will ever have with India (which is why in my earlier post on this thread I said its ok for India to have oil deal with Iran..........)

I am talking about a strategic choice. Strategically speaking China it would seem has already chosen Pakistan as its ally. Their intentions are very obvious, they would not want another Asian military/economic powerhouse challenging them. The US until now had Pakistan as its ally. At times its trying to play both sides. Its not very happy with Pakistan and so is trying to get closer to India. Very soon India would have to make a strategic choice....... (as much as we would like US to make a choice).

China, you see, has already rolled the dice. Its no doubt increasing the volume of trade with India but at the same time is/was trying to preemptively.... block our access to oil supplies (and our answer to that was the Nuclear deal), prevent our entry in ASEAN, SCO, Shanghai 5, UNSC permanent seat (in this regard US is playing alongside China) etc. I think I am able to see the real Chinese intention.