Vyankatesh asked: What should be India's line of action to counter balance China's ‘string of pearls’?

Reply: Please refer to earlier replies posted in this section in response to similar queries, by Sarabjeet Singh Parmar at http://idsa.in/askanexpert/Whatarethestrategicandsecurityimplications and by Rukmani Gupta at http://idsa.in/askanexpert/WhatisChinasStringofPearldoctrine