'India may vent its anger on Pakistan over tension with China'.

KARACHI -- The Centre for Aerospace and Security Studies (CASS) hosted a webinar on the topic of 'China-India standoff: implications for regional security' on Friday to discuss the rapidly evolving situation on the China-India border and the risks of further escalation there.

The session was chaired by retired Air Chief Marshal Kaleem Saadat, president of the CASS. He initiated the discussion with his opening remarks that provided an overview of the current situation on the China-India border. He also shared his concern over the potential for further escalation.

Shashank Joshi, the defence editor at the Economist magazine, shared his views on the recent crisis and stated that neither China nor India had anticipated the current level of escalation. 'It is the result of extremely worrying deterioration of protocols on both sides,' he said, while terming it a watershed moment in the history of the two countries.

Professor Shen Ding Li of the Fudan University expressed his views on the Chinese position and stressed that China was not looking for war and would not want to escalate further. 'China would not compromise or agree to the Indian perception of Line of Actual Control as...