Lt General Prakash Menon

This is an eye opening article and a reality check of India’s power and influence. Thanks.
My question to Lt. General Prakash Menon is more general aroung our national politics of anit China-ism. I understand 1962 and border disptes. And most of them are created by the line that British drew (mostly unilateraly). An extreme breakdown of these European defined lines on a map is at play in Af-Pak. While we are civilizationally different than the Chinese. I do not see any serious enimity, wars or disdain between our 2 nations in 2,000 years of history barring the last 7 decades.
What is your take on aligning with China for once. What is it that China is anxious about and why is India trying to outsmart China constantly. We are a $3T economy and China is $18T (much much larger) and we can gain a lot by partnering than fighting and chest beating. There is more similarities between our cultures than between India and US (cultural not political). Are we simply playing into the hands of the west. Borders drawn by the British and now Anti-China propaganda from US? The western civilizations are happy to coalesce and show their donmicance and Asian countries just seem to be infighting around ethnic lines to their own cost!