India and China have a stage relationship of can't live with you and can't live without you - They are Asian neighbours born contesting for more influence in the region and same time share borders.

Policies of India like Act East, Sugar is in conflict with Chinese interests by Connectivity projects with south Asian countries conflict with China's economic customs. by Strategic closeness and projects like East-Coast terminal project, Jaffna seawater deepening project → not in China interest Difficult in India-China relations: by Border-disputes at Aksai chin and Tawang region → culminated in Galwan clash by India's avid $100 bn trade deficit with China by China blocking India's membership of NSG, UNSC by China's alliance with Pakistan by Conflicting foreign policy → Act East, neighbouring first with Belt and Road initiative of China.

by Dominance of China in regional forums like SCO, CATH, BRICS by India's closeness with USA partnership in Quad → against Chinese interest Achievement of Peace agreement shows of combating climate change → focusing on economic development of Asian region → 21st century as China century → infrastructure development cooperative to collaborative projects → India's import of essential materials like some PV modules, APL's Convergence and cooperation at multilateral forums like SCO (Counter-terrorism) and BRICS

— Nidhi Goyal · AIR 91