The competitive nature of India-China relationship is being exploited by some regional countries to get favourable aid packages to support their own development, a top Pentagon official said. Admiral Harry Harris, nominee for the US-Pacific Command, said the current India-China relationship is complicated by a deficit in trust. “Some regional States seek to exploit the competitive Sino-Indian relationship, seeking favourable aid packages from Delhi and Beijing to enable their development,” Harris told the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing on Tuesday.