Analysts suggest that China considers India's plan to deepen defense cooperation with South Korea—particularly in artillery and anti-aircraft guns—to be highly sensitive. This reaction is influenced by Beijing's ongoing border dispute with India in the Himalayas.

China would see India’s attempt to expand defence industry cooperation with South Korea in artillery and anti-aircraft guns as “inevitably sensitive” given Beijing’s border dispute with New Delhi in the Himalayas, according to analysts. After meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday as part of his three-day visit to India, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung announced that Seoul and Delhi had agreed to upgrade their economic cooperation, focusing on vital sectors such as...