SCMP: India has stepped up intelligence-gathering as ties with neighbouring China turned sour in recent years, according to Zhao Ruoxi

[NeptunesVortex]

SCMP: India has stepped up intelligence-gathering as ties with neighbouring China turned sour in recent years, according to Zhao Ruoxi, a researcher with the Macau University of Science and Technology.

Zhao said India had broadened its intelligence-gathering toolkit in recent years, using space-based reconnaissance, drone surveillance and cyber intelligence to build a multi-agency network against China.

India also teamed up with the United States and Middle Eastern countries so that it could track Chinese far-seas naval operations and apply informational pressure on Beijing’s maritime energy supply routes.

Zhao noted that bilateral ties between Beijing and New Delhi began to improve in late 2024 but India’s enhanced intelligence operations targeting China had continued.