By Nirmal P Acharya Recently, the United States made a high-profile announcement that it recognized Indian territory, some 90,000 square kilometres of disputed land, that China calls "South Tibet". This marks a further US involvement in the Himalayan geopolitical dispute. As we all know, on the issue of containing China, India and the United States share a common understanding and form an "Indo-Pacific Strategic" alliance. Under the framework of the "Indo-Pacific Strategy", India is trying to defeat China with the help of the United States, while the United States is trying to drive India to consume China. In short, both aim to drive the other side to fight China in the front, while their own side is positioned in the rear to advance and retreat freely. In order to encourage India to be at the forefront of the fight against China, the United States and Western countries have done their homework: first, they awarded India the glorious title of "the world's largest democracy". The second is to maintain the sound of "India rising, China collapsing" in the field of public opinion for a long time. The third is to take sides with India in territorial disputes between China and India. This series of operations by the United States and the West has made India complacent, bred "confidence in mystery", and then showed the impulse to take strategic risks against China. In the game of great powers, the cards played by all parties are in fact clear. The Indo-Pacific Strategy concocted by the United States and India has clear strategic objectives. China's counter-strategy is also emerging--the "Indo-Himalayan Strategy". More recently, China has opened or intensified military cooperation with the Maldives and Sri Lanka, and officials have revived India's annexation of the kingdom of Sikkim. China has joined forces with the Maldives and Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean, further expanded and deepened cooperation with Pakistan in the Himalayan region, and set the Sikkim Agenda, forming a trend of outflanking the "Indo-Pacific Strategy". There is no official name for China's plan, but let's call it the "Indo-Himalayan strategy." Generally speaking, the more deeply the United States is involved, the more intense the conflict in that region. Therefore, the Himalayan region should be careful and use the wisdom of the region to maintain and consolidate peace and tranquility in the region. To this end, both the Nepalese government and the people must keep an eye on the MCC, restrict the MCC, and strive to prevent the MCC from becoming part of the Indo-Pacific Strategy by the official endorsement of the United States. Otherwise, China's Indo-Himalayan Strategy will come back to visit the MCC sooner or later. The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect People’s Review’s editorial stance.