A bipartisan US commission revealed that China “opportunistically” exploited the India-Pakistan conflict in May to “test and promote” its defense capabilities, essentially turning a military conflict into a weapons trade show. The report states that Beijing leveraged the four-day clash to “test and advertise the sophistication of its weapons, useful in the contexts of its ongoing border tensions with India and its expanding defense industry goals.” A bipartisan US commission revealed that China “opportunistically” exploited the India-Pakistan conflict in May to “test and promote” its defense capabilities, essentially turning a military conflict into a weapons trade show. The report states that Beijing leveraged the four-day clash to “test and advertise the sophistication of its weapons, useful in the contexts of its ongoing border tensions with India and its expanding defense industry goals.”