Recent newspaper reports of China having entered into a secret agreement with Pakistan for constructing a third 1000 megawatt nuclear reactor at Chashma in Punjab province has stirred up a sense of urgency in Washington and New Delhi’s diplomatic circle to find suitable ways and means of preventing any breach of international protocol concerning nuclear commerce. This piece of small yet vital information, validated by the US intelligence, will put the spotlight back on Beijing’s geo-strategic ambition in South Asia that centres around maintaining nuclear parity between the so called arch rivals — India and Pakistan.