The Taiwan Strait Question: India’s Silence Speaks Volumes

If you follow geopolitics, you know the Taiwan Strait is one of the hottest spots on earth. Everyone is watching to see if China makes a move. India’s stance has been interesting. Officially, we stick to the ‘One China’ policy. But unofficially? There’s a lot of quiet engagement. We are not the US; we don’t want to poke the dragon directly. But the tech industry here is massive. If the Taiwan Strait gets blocked, the semiconductor supply chain—which India is trying to build—collapses. I was at a conference recently where a strategist put it bluntly: ‘We don’t want to be the cause of a war with China, but we also can’t afford to let China think we’re a pushover.’ It’s a tightrope walk. India is watching closely, likely hoping that the US and China keep each other busy, giving us more space to grow without being forced to pick a side.