Between China and US, who is a better partner?
Economically between India & China, I don't see much inter-dependent compatibility. India imports lot of stuff and materials which are then used to produce goods to be consumed internally or export to ME, Europe & US. China looks at India as a potential market (increasing middle class consumer base), potentially to offset some of the lost market in the west. What are we going to export to China?
To me US is much better choice any day, they are nowhere nearly as arrogant as Chinese. US deep state can still be reasoned with. Chinese are an ideological and revisionist power, for them India as a successful economic story undermines their political superiority complex. China and India started their journey around the same time in 1949 & 1947 resp, they choose different political paths.