A Global Times (March 19) article sought to keep India appeased by saying that 'India will not downgrade as a US' appendage like Japan since New Delhi seeks major power autonomy.' It cited observers as pointing out that the "US wants to persuade India to join its chariot to encircle China with benefits in military equipment and intelligence sharing, but India seeks to be a major power politically, and their (US and India) strategic goals do not match". It quoted Qian Feng, Director of the Research Department at the National Strategy Institute at Tsinghua University, as saying (March 19) "that the early visit of a new US cabinet member to India shows the US is attaching increasing importance to India in its Indo-Pacific strategy, citing the Quad and intelligence sharing agreements". Qian stressed that "India, hoping to be a great power politically with strong nationalist sentiments, will not be a US appendage like Japan or act like a striker for the US like Australia".