Wrong, at no point was Indian diplomacy behind neutralizing China.
In 1965, Ayub was offering to end diplomatic contacts with China to please the Americans. In 1971, the Chinese were staring at the Soviet Juggernaut in the form of Soviet 58th Army right down the barrel. The Chinese were so sh** scared of the Soviets, they retreated 100 miles in-land to avoid encirclements. There intelligence was convinced the Soviets would attack. So, we can't really blame the Chinese for being preoccupied with their own problems because the Soviet 58th Army was far more scarier than the Indian Army. But i like how you spin doctored it, and made it look like an Indian diplomatic victory.
There is no spin. India signed the Treaty with Soviets just to ensure that US and China did not intervene. A Treaty that India had been reluctant to sign earlier, but did so to ensure a diplomatic win over China and US.
There is Nixons quote on the issue, there are also other sources to corroborate.
You are trying to put a spin here by saying that Chinese were staring down the Soviet's GA down the barrel as a random coincidence. But the truth is there is a reason why Soviet's raised the pressure on them at the same time. Because India and Soviet had declared their goal - that no one other than India and Pakistan should get physically involved in the fight over Bangladesh.
All my points can be corroborated and I have given proof as well. You should feel free to peruse them.
On a side note, its too bad the Indians weren't able to neutralize China in 2002 and 2008. Although i must applaud your Ambassador to China and your Foreign Office, they certainly made a lot of noise about China shipping weapons to Pakistan.
Neutralizing China does
not mean China can not aid Pakistan indirectly. We understand that not just China but a couple of countries more will supply weapons to Pakistan during a war.
What we will ensure is that in a war between India and Pakistan - China does not physically intervene. And in 1999, 2002 and 2008, in all the cases, at no time, did China threaten India with war over Pakistan.
At the end of the day, whenever we fire bullets on our western border, all that we need to make sure is that we dont have to fire bullets on our northern border as well. We have been spectacularly successful at that.
But your Generals don't seem to share the same views observed by the so called various analysts here. When Pakistan roared in 2002 and 2008, India backed down. If Pakistan's capabilities were as defunct as you think they are, Indian Army would have burned down GHQ.
The Indian Army backed down because it was unprepared in 2008.
2002 revealed a flaw in Army's tactics. Since 2006, they have been trying to rectify that. It had less to do with nukes, and more to do with conventional battle strategies.
I would hardly call Pakistan 'roaring'. Mass hysteria in Pakistan and Pakistan Army threatening nukes even before the war starts is called shaking in your boots, not roaring.
man this guy's appetite can literally blow his Butt wide open in the toilet , Gosh so much rice ! imagine the level of constipation with that amount of starch he's taking in 
