Updated on Friday, November 20, 2009, 18:59 IST Tags:Chinese, Sino

Beijing: India's unease over the Sino-US joint statement on Indo-Pak relations may indicate a "sense of loss" in New Delhi at the growing ties between China and America, Chinese scholars said today.

While justifying the controversial Sino-US statement that pledged support for improvement in Indo-Pak ties, they said it is in China's interests to have an "orderly neighbourly environment."

India's reaction may demonstrate a sense of wariness and a fear of being ignored at growing Sino-US ties after President Barack Obama's visit to Beijing here, the state-run 'Global Times" here reported quoting the Chinese analysts as saying.

Wang Dehua of the Institute of South and Central Asian Studies at the Shanghai Centre for International Studies said India unavoidably suffered "a sense of loss" while observing that Sino-US relations were entering a new phase.

"China and the US adopted the spirit of seeking common ground while putting differences aside. That should be a reference for the Sino-India relationship. The Indian side, however, seems to prefer to prioritise differences," Wang told the paper, a sister publication of the ruling Communist Party's mouthpiece, People's Daily.

"Good relations between China and Pakistan also benefit India, as China has been trying to persuade Pakistan to continue the peace process with India, instead of jointly confronting it."

Bureau Report