China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi dropped a engaging line yesterday that’s got people talking. In his big year-review speech in Beijing, he listed all the crises China helped handle in 2025, and right there he said China “mediated” the tensions between Pakistan and India.
I’m like… wait, hold up. Mediated?
Quick recap for anyone who needs it: back in April, that awful Pahalgam attack happens – 26 innocent people, mostly tourists, killed in cold blood. India says it’s Pakistan-backed terrorists, patience snaps, and on May 7 they launch Operation Sindoor – targeted strikes on terror sites across the border and in PoK.
Pakistan hits back hard: drones, missiles, the lot. India responds by pounding some Pakistani airbases. Four full days of jets clashing, drones everywhere – proper scary stuff between two countries with nukes.
Then on May 10 it suddenly goes quiet. How? The two militaries pick up their direct hotline, the ops chiefs talk one-on-one, agree on an exact ceasefire time – 3:35 pm – and that’s it. Done.
India’s been super straightforward ever since: this was strictly between us and Pakistan. No third party, no mediators, full stop.
So when Wang Yi casually claims months later that China mediated, it feels… off. Especially because everyone knows China is Pakistan’s closest partner. They’re the ones who sold Islamabad most of the gear they used – those J-10 fighters mixing it up with Indian jets, the PL-15 missiles that apparently scored some hits, even the satellite feeds and real-time intel Pakistan was getting. India’s been saying all year that China basically fought the war through Pakistan without firing a shot themselves.
Look, maybe Beijing did ring around quietly telling both sides to calm down – they said that stuff out loud too. But mediation? That means you’re the neutral, trusted guy both sides turn to for help. China just isn’t that here. We all know whose corner they’re really in.
It comes across like a bit of diplomatic spin: slide in a claim at the end of the year, even if the facts on the ground tell a different story.
Flights between India and Pakistan are still suspended, trust is low, and the border stays always hot. Same old story in the neighbourhood.
Anyway, that’s the latest thing making the rounds. Feels more like narrative-shaping than straight facts, but you tell me – are we reading it wrong, or does it feel like a stretch to you too?
Sources: The Hindi, Hindustan Times, Economic Times, NDTV, ABP Live, India Today, CNBC TV18, PIB
