India - the Super Antagonist

India, the “super antagonist”, may resume nuclear testing taking advantage of the unrest in the Middle East to counter China, which it considers “a slumbering threat at its bedside”, the Communist Party’s mouthpiece People’s Daily said on Wednesday. “Perhaps, once the Middle East situation further exacerbates, the US would risk helping India become a nuclearweapon state... Considering this, India is likely to resume its nuclear tests. For this, China and all the neighbours should sharpen their vigilance on India’s every manoeuvre,” it said. Titled as Possible, India resumes nuclear test?, the article by a columnist said “there exists a super antagonist in the US-produced nuclear soap opera, and it is India”. The provocative article after a cordial meeting between PM Manmohan Singh and Chinese President Hu Jintao surprised many.