New Delhi, July 5 -- China used Pakistan as a "borrowed knife" to cause pain to India and was providing all possible support to its all-weather ally during the four-day conflict between India and Pakistan in May.
Making this assertion here on Friday, Deputy Chief of Army Staff Lt General Rahul R Singh also said India had to contend with three adversaries including Pakistan, China and Turkey during the conflict.
Moreover, China used Pakistan as "live lab" to test various weapon systems supplied to Islamabad, he said.
In an address at Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Singh also highlighted China's ancient military strategy of 36 Stratagems and killing the adversary with a "borrowed knife" to buttress the point...