'Muscular' Chinese policy to have impact on ties with India: US diplomat

World is finally recognising that Beijing is "pushing" a form of "problematic" governance, he says

China's new "muscular" policy will have an impact on its ties with India and other nations, a senior US diplomat has said, underlining that the world is finally recognising that Beijing is "pushing" a form of "problematic" governance.

The US is currently involved in a tense showdown with China on the issue of trade, the origins of the novel coronavirus pandemic, Beijing's new security crackdown in Hong Kong and the communist giant's aggressive military moves in the disputed South China Sea.

The actions China is taking "are going to have impact, and not just in - across the Straits", Assistant Secretary of