SCO wont even get off. The idea mooted by Russia for an India-Russia-china axis along with CIS to counter US has sunk. china's aggressive posture and ambush diplomacy(like opposing Indo-US nuke deal at the last moment) has left the SCO without claws. Russia will not risk irking India and EU(indirectly by irking US) on whom they depend economically(EU) and has major interests(like Indian arms market).So what are we left with? CIS ? Remember they are much closer to Russia than any other state, including US. And moreover Russia is keen to get India as full member state, which the Indian govt wont do, I believe for the fear of irking US.
You are right at the point that many local govts here refused to go by center's directive not to import bugged/compromising chinese products. An example is billions of dollars of telecom equipment. Though the center is against it yet the court appointed vigilance committee cleared it.
Freedom of choice i think(unheard in china though).
chinese investment in India is a trickle. china will be hurt much more than India in case of a vitiating trade scenario because chinese exports to India is way way more than the other way round.
But I have a question Mr Bozo. Why are the chinese only interested in building those infra in Pakistan that will ultimately serve their interests (like Gwadar port, its connector to china)? Why dont they build lotsa schools and hospitals ? and maybe import Pakistani cotton and textile while ending unfair trade practices that makes their own textiles cheaper!
would like to hear from you on this.