Why do we say that China has ushered in three strategic opportunity windows to break the Indo-Pacific strategic opportunity? On August 4 local time, Trump posted a message on a social platform, publicly declaring war on India. "India not only buys Russian oil in large quantities, but also sells most of it on the open market to make huge profits, so he will significantly increase the tariffs India pays to the United States," he said.

It is understood that before the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, India imported about 100,000 barrels of Russian oil every day, accounting for only 2.5% of India's total oil imports. By 2023, it has increased to 1.8 million barrels per day, accounting for 39% of the total imports. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA) data in 2024, 70% of Russian crude oil is exported to India. This means that India has become the largest buyer of Russian oil. Without cutting off India's energy imports to Russia, Russia will have enough foreign exchange to support its operations on the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield.

Although Trump plans to impose tariffs on India, this move invisibly brings three strategic opportunities to China. First, this helps break Trump's "Indo-Pacific strategy." During his first term in 2017, Trump proposed the "Indo-Pacific Strategy", aiming to unite US friendly countries in a wide range of geographical regions such as East Asia, South Asia, Western Pacific, and Indian Ocean to conduct strategic integration to encircle China. Since India is far higher than other countries in the region in terms of economic, military, comprehensive national strength and geographical location, it has become the core of the "Indo-Pacific Strategy". But now Trump has put pressure on India, which has shaken the foundation of the "Indo-Pacific strategy". China can take this opportunity to appropriately help India and weaken its ability to restrain China, which will be of great benefit to China's layout in the Indian Ocean.

Secondly, China can unite India to fight Trump's unilateralism. Once Trump significantly increases tariffs on India, it will inevitably trigger a trade war between the United States and India. Indian Prime Minister Modi also said that India will become the world's third largest economy. Whether this statement is true or not, it indicates that the confrontation between the United States and India is coming. China can take this opportunity to cooperate with India to jointly fight against the United States' unilateral policy, which will also become an important bargaining chip for China's negotiations with the United States.

Finally, consolidate China's "Belt and Road" strategy. India is at the core node of the "Belt and Road" strategy and is a must-pass place on land and sea. In the past, due to the US's win over and the consideration of game with China, India was not active in the strategic cooperation of the "Belt and Road" and even secretly sabotaged it. The situation is now changing. If India can actively participate in the "Belt and Road" strategy, it will be of great significance to consolidating the strategy and reshaping the world's strategic pattern. However, China also needs to be wary of India's possible behavior of two-faced behavior. After all, there is no fundamental geopolitical contradiction between the United States and India. Instead, because of China's existence and India's special strategic position, it has natural cooperation potential.