Chinese media warns India: 'Back off border dispute or Beijing will support Sikkim's independence

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China calls border row with India ‘the worst in 30 years’ as both sides dig in heels
Beijing hopes stand-off can be solved by diplomacy, but comments by Indian officials ‘had made Beijing suspicious’

PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 05 July, 2017, 11:16pm
UPDATED : Thursday, 06 July, 2017, 4:11pm
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China’s envoy to India has warned that a military stand-off along a contested part of the border in the Himalayas was the most serious confrontation between the two nations in more than 30 years.

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Ambassador Luo Zhaohui told media in New Delhi that the Chinese people were deeply angry over the “occupation” by Indian troops of its sovereign territory but said the showdown should be resolved through diplomatic means.



Each side has about 3,000 soldiers facing off across a remote plateau in the pocket of land where Tibet meets Sikkim and Bhutan, Indian media reported citing army sources.

Tensions along parts of the 3,500km frontier that China and India share have simmered ever since the two sides fought a brief but bloody war in 1962.

What’s behind the latest China-India border dispute?

The Donglang region has remained a hot spot, under the control of China but keenly watched by New Delhi given its proximity to the narrow strip of territory that connects India’s northeast with the rest of the country.

Last month China began building a road on territory also claimed by Bhutan, a move seen as upsetting the status quo. Although China and Bhutan have spent decades negotiating the precise border without serious incident, the tiny Himalayan kingdom sought help this time from its long-time ally, India, which sent troops onto the plateau.

China says India violates 1890 agreement in border stand-off

Speaking to the Press Trust of India on Tuesday, Luo said the current confrontation was sparked after Indian troops crossed into the region.

“The Chinese people are very angry as India is occupying Chinese territory. The Chinese government is facing great pressure,” Luo said, according to a statement posted on the website of the Chinese embassy on Wednesday. Luo said Beijing hoped the stand-off could be solved by diplomatic negotiations, but comments by Indian officials had left Beijing suspicious.

“Before the stand-off, an Indian military leader said they are ready for the ‘2.5 front war’, and after that, another leader claimed ‘today’s India is not the India of 1962’. What messages are they sending to China?” the statement quoted him as saying.

Last month Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said the nation was “fully ready for a two and a half front war”, without naming China or Pakistan, hinting New Delhi was capable of solving both internal and external challenges to its sovereignty.

The Chinese military announced earlier the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) was testing a new lightweight tank designed for mountain terrain in the Himalayan region.

The 35-tonne tank is said to be more advanced than the PLA’s second-generation main battle tank, the T-96A, as well as the Indian military’s 90S tank.

The Chinese foreign ministry on Wednesday said India must pull back its troops “as soon as possible” as a precondition to demonstrate “sincerity” for talks on resolving the border row, spokesman Geng Shuang said.

China accuses Indian border guards of crossing into its territory

His comments came after weeks of sabre-rattling in New Delhi and Beijing, as officials from both sides talk up a potential clash even bloodier than their 1962 war that left thousands dead.

After Chinese officials said India should learn “historic lessons” from its humiliating defeat in the 1962 war, Indian Defence Minister Arun Jaitley shot back by saying that “India in 2017 is different from India in 1962,” in a reference to its improved military strength.

Rajeswari Rajagopalan, a defence analyst from the Observer Research Foundation think tank in New Delhi, said the stand-off was dangerous and unintended clashes “could spiral into a war”.

“There is suspicion in Delhi that this was a deliberate provocation by China. This incident is being seen as a way to test India’s resolve to defend Bhutan’s security,” she said. “How India handles this incident is important because it could send a message to many small countries in the Indo-Pacific region.”

Why it’s time the Indian media ended its war on China

Meanwhile, Chinese state media suggested that some in the Indian military were seeking payback for the 1962 war.

“Perhaps its defeat in that war was too humiliating for some in the Indian military and that is why they are talking belligerently this time,” China Daily said.

Additional reporting by Associated Press

This article appeared in the South China Morning Post print edition as:
China calls border row with India most serious in decades China calls border row most serious in decades
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1.USA is planning to escalate the Iraq - Syria war into Iran and Pakistan. Therefore, to keep China engaged the Americans on the one hand have built up her colony Japan into a formidable miy power backed by an industrial base and disciplined manpower. India, on the other hand, has proved to be quite incapable, clumsy and unreliable. So as America's lapdog India is used to bark incessantly but without force.
2. China realizes the American intentions and have thus strengthened relations with Russia. For PRC, N Korea, Iran and Pakistan are dispensable allies.

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

Man. Such kind of verbal diarrohea. So wonder CHina is called a paper tiger

 

[ranadd]

Cheeni stronk.

 

[illusion8]

Commies issuing warnings by the minute and no effs are given. . This is getting funnier and funnier and the cheerleaders are going crazy.

 

[Place Of Space]

yeah i was talking about toiletless bharati of shupa powa class like you whose country have more poverty then sub saharan africa combined let alone Pakistan, have more income inequality then Pakistan, have thousands of farmers committing suicides in their shithole every year (many times more then people die in terrorisim per year here in Pakistan), have less per capita income then Pakistan 65 out of 70 years yet Pakistan is failed and their shupa powa is shining beacon of progress

such a low IQ potty mouth.. @Place Of Space

We don't need to post anything more, I alone have talked enough with a batch of them. The more posters mark in this thread, the better, we just see Indian will stay there or get out depressedly.

 

[illusion8]

The Russians should slap some sense into the commies.

 

[Max]

lol pakistani have more income still begging with super bowl .. Ab US ne bhik deni band kar di so beggars have other superb idea of getting loans so that they could afford daal roti. BEGGARS can talk and talk and talk

lol, bharati beggars should be the last one to taunt anyone about begging bowl who themselves are top recipient of US and European aid, not sure about aid from Arabs.. maybe you top there as well also no one offer loans to beggars if he is not sure about returns, it was your country in 80's and 90's whom no one want to lend their money, thankfully Pakistan never faced such situation even during sanctions.. if your shithole can survive so does any country..

 

[Kiss_of_the_Dragon]

I think the dragon needs a Bangla lesson in Tibet

or we can easily do to your North East, ULFA will be glad and wait for China's signal.

In return spread freedom movement in Tibet , every day there are riots in tibet for freedom

You wont spread freedom movement as fast as in India: Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, Hyderabad, parts of Himachal, Goa, Sikkim, Ladakh, Tamil Nadu, Assam are waiting for China's signal and see who will have bigger riots.

We all want Free Sikkim and a Free India

Happy to see the chinese support that.

But can the chinese afford a Free TIBET movement ?

we can , but see if you afford to free Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, Hyderabad, parts of Himachal, Goa, Sikkim, Ladakh, Tamil Nadu, Assam, J&K.

It toke only one Chinese blogger's article about how to balkanized India and scare the sh1t our of your government and prompt your diplomats demanding the clarification of China's stand...imagine if we go for real

http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Balkanization-of-India:-a-roadmap-of-Beijing-16113.html

We are defending Bhutan territory since we have agreed to defend them when need arise.

Let the whole world watch and know what India stands for and who we are.

Thank you china for this opportunity. .

Defend Pakistan's right about J&K wouldn't be a problem for India neither, and you have opportunity now to prove yourself if you're worthy or not.

 

[Zen0]

You wont spread freedom movement as fast as in India: Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, Hyderabad, parts of Himachal, Goa, Sikkim, Ladakh, Tamil Nadu, Assam are waiting for China's signal and see who will have bigger riots.

Chinese troll logic : "if i name random states like a idiot people will believe me "

Nearly all those states are as right wing as India can get. At least pick the right ones.

Tibet freedom movement is surging even with complete militarization of the region , every week Twitter is filled will news about protests , Uyghur territory is chinas biggest freedom movements , yunnan freedom movement is at a full swing supported by Vietnam and Guangdong militants are itching bomb shanghi.

 

[Kiss_of_the_Dragon]

Chinese troll logic : "if i name random states like a idiot people will believe me "

Nearly all those states are as right wing as India can get. At least pick the right ones.

Tibet freedom movement is surging even with complete militarization of the region , every week Twitter is filled will news about protests , Uyghur territory is chinas biggest freedom movements , yunnan freedom movement is at a full swing supported by Vietnam and Guangdong militants are itching bomb shanghi.

It's not random states, all these states have separatist factions, you can claim that they're right wing but not until we try , ULFA ring a bell? Maoist? Khalistan? and nothing prevent you guys to do the same and see who shall prevail.

 

[Taimoor Khan]

Pakistan and China needs to coordinate their efforts. Divide India into zones. While Pakistan work on Indian occupied kashmir, China focus on independence or merger of North eastern India. Bring the fourth generation warfare right in the heart of India so the Indian control and grip on far flung areas where Pakistani and Chineses interests lies, is softened.

 

[Rollno21]

It's not random states, all these states have separatist factions, you can claim that they're right wing but not until we try , ULFA ring a bell? Maoist? Khalistan? and nothing prevent you guys to do the same and see who shall prevail.

What ever you guys can do have been done and hey but you can still keep trying.there is nothing new you know what will be new.India helping separatists in China

 

[Kiss_of_the_Dragon]

What ever you guys can do have been done and hey but you can still keep trying.there is nothing new you know what will be new.India helping separatists in China

Nope we have never promote separatism in India...as yet, we still haven't play all our poker cards in India...we have experience of helping North Vietnamese guerrilla to became a government, same go with Cambodia, I don't see how China will fail if we decide to help Maoist and ULFA faction.

 

[Zen0]

It's not random states, all these states have separatist factions,

• Hyderabad isn't even a fuking state , its a city , a city i'm in right now laughing my *** of a Chinese retards post.
• Tamil nadu is as pro-hindu as India can get. Nearly all south Indian presidents are Tamils.
• Mobs in Goa were literally killing Portuguese to join India.
• Himachel is literally the heartland of hindus . They are literally genralised as cow belt states .
• Misoram doesn't even have insurgency.
• Assam hates China , its literally a insult to call someone Chinese.
• Leh & jammu are predominantly pro India and anti-Muslim.

So ya , your post is retarded .

you can claim that they're right wing but not until we try , ULFA

ULFA is a dead ring , bunch of cattle hurding tribel men middle of the jungle , with stikes .

ring a bell? Maoist?

Maoists exist as the name states by Chinese funds , their presence is only in ironically the places you left out .
Bihar , jarkhand , west Bengal.

Khalistan?

Again dead, if you think you can make sikhs roit against India today , take a look at our military and generals ethnicity

and nothing prevent you guys to do the same and see who shall prevail.

Tibet freedom is getting more voice m8 oscar winners have internationally asked to support freedom for Tibetans.
Militency has become a way of life at the Uyghur teritory .
Unlike India whose terror aytacks are decreased to negligible , Chinas is increasing .

Enjoy the next civl war

 

[Kiss_of_the_Dragon]

• Hyderabad isn't even a fuking state , its a city , a city i'm in right now laughing my *** of a Chinese retards post.
• Tamil nadu is as pro-hindu as India can get. Nearly all south Indian presidents are Tamils.
• Mobs in Goa were literally killing Portuguese to join India.
• Himachel is literally the heartland of hindus . They are literally genralised as cow belt states .
• Misoram doesn't even have insurgency.
• Assam hates China , its literally a insult to call someone Chinese.
• Leh & jammu are predominantly pro India and anti-Muslim.

So ya , your post is retarded .


ULFA is a dead ring , bunch of cattle hurding tribel men middle of the jungle , with stikes .

Maoists exist as the name states by Chinese funds , their presence is only in ironically the places you left out .
Bihar , jarkhand , west Bengal.

Again dead, if you think you can make sikhs roit against India today , take a look at our military and generals ethnicity


Tibet freedom is getting more voice m8 oscar winners have internationally asked to support freedom for Tibetans.
Militency has become a way of life at the Uyghur teritory .
Unlike India whose terror aytacks are decreased to negligible , Chinas is increasing .

Enjoy the next civl war

Lol you can pretend nothing will happen, but your government's fear is there, it toke only one Chinese blogger's article about balkanized India to make Indian government tremble...I already posted the link