The former Indian ambassador to China, Gautam Bambawale, has declared that “diplomatically leveraging China’s vulnerabilities in Tibet, Taiwan and Xinjiang”, should form part of India’s strategy towards China. Bambawale has said that India’s “[democratic] values are diametrically opposite” to that of China that New Delhi must, “unambiguously and immeasurably strengthen our partnerships with like-minded nations who share our value systems”.