The escalating conflict between India and Pakistan could be offering the world a first real glimpse into how advanced Chinese military technology performs against proven Western hardware – and Chinese defense stocks are already surging.

The conflict between India and Pakistan over Kashmir offers a potentially rich intelligence harvest for China in its own rivalry with India as it gleans data from its fighter jets and other weapons used in action by Pakistan.

Chinese citizens in India and Pakistan should closely follow the situation and enhance security measures, separate statements from the embassies said. Beijing's embassy in Nepal also advised citizens to avoid areas along the Nepal-India border in a statement posted on its social media account on Friday.