Whitewashing India's decision to ink a logistic agreement with the US, Chinese state media on Monday said the proposed deal is delayed because of doubt between the two as India wants to be the "most beautiful woman" pursued by all, especially Washington and Beijing.

An article in the state-run Global Times said, "Besides their traditional distrust, the speculation heralding a US-India alliance is also an obvious underestimation of India's ambition for a role of swing-state between superpowers," as Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar started his first visit to Beijing on Monday for discussions with Chinese officials.

"The basic idea is that India would like to continue to be the most beautiful woman wooed by all men, notably the two strongest in the house, US and China," it said.

Last week, US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter finished his three-day visit to India and announced he and his Indian counterpart have decided in-principle that all the matters regarding a Logistics Support Agreement (LSA) are resolved and both sides would confirm the text in the coming weeks.

The article claimed India's foreign policy has ushered into an era of non-alignment 3.0, featured by three features, "India, instead of maintaining a neutral position, takes sides with countries like the US and Japan in islands and maritime disputes concerning Asia-Pacific security at the risk of escalating confrontation and conflicts in the region."

Second, India avoids its responsibilities and detaches itself from China and Russia in dealing with some global problems such as the Middle East conflicts in order to avoid clashes with the West, it alleged.

The article said, "(And) finally, it takes advantage of geopolitical conflicts between the US, Japan and China, Russia to gain maximum interests for itself. We hope India won't go too far as a swing power."

This year's BRICS summit meeting is to be held in India. The agenda is economic and social development as well as lacking coordination over regional and global affairs.