I disagree with Mr. Sikri that friendship with US will hardened China. Instead China will try to settle the boundary question and try to wean us away from US. Till now Chinese have not given up their brinkmanship, they are arming pakistan and spying in India using Pakistan's ISI. They have not budged a inch on border. So sticking with old policy with China is not pragmatic ,we have already lost Conceeded tibet to Chinese and we will conceede more if we keep ourselves weak. Regards Patriotic Indian