IN-DEPTH: Battle for the Mind: China Steps Up Cognitive Warfare Against India

India is a likely target for NeuroStrike attacks, experts say

PLA cadets wait beside a T-89 Anti-tank Missile Launcher at the PLA's Armored Forces Engineering Academy in Beijing, on July 22, 2014.Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images

NEW DELHI—On diplomatic platforms, China is calling for mutual support and an easing of military tensions with India, but covertly it continues to accelerate its use of cognitive warfare against the subcontinent, strategic analysts allege.

Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and China’s top diplomat Wang Yi met on the sidelines of ASEAN in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta on July 14. Wang called for support instead of suspicion between the two giant neighbors.