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The border tension between India and China at Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh area is nowhere near recession; it is actually escalating and China is brushing aside Indian protestations. Incidentally, there are no independent sources in that area to report developments except Chinese and Indian sources.
Indian daily Hindustan Times has reported that Chinese troops in last two days crossed the Line of Actual Control in Eastern Ladakh carrying banners asking India to vacate "occupied" territory. The incursions occurred on Tuesday and Wednesday last and though the Chinese went back to their positions after eyeball-to-eyeball confrontations with Indian troops, the matter was serious enough to be noted by the Prime Minister's Office, besides the ministries of defence and external affairs.
It all started in April this year when elements of Peoples Liberation Army (PLA), the official name for armed forces of China crossed the LAC and encamped in what India calls Indian Territory. A Chinese border guards platoon (40 soldiers) pitched tents ten kilometers inside Indian territory overlooking Daulet Beg Oldie (DBO) in Ladakh in the Western sector. The last time they did a similar thing was in 1986 in Sumdorong Chu in the Eastern sector (Arunachal Pradesh). Both times, the Chinese forces had blessings from the highest quarters: then Deng Xiaoping and now the President and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, Xi Jinping. The Chinese finally left Sumdorong Chu of their own accord in 1995, with India calling it a historic win-win situation. This time around, the Chinese forces are unlikely to withdraw.
Chinese assert that their incursion 10 kilometers into LAC is technically correct because India has done more transgressions into the Eastern sector than the other way round. China further says that it has refrained from making noises because it wants good neighborly relations, but it will act in self-defense if the need arises. In mid-June Chinese PLA troops dismantled a closed-circuit camera set up by the Indian army in the Chumar sector of Eastern Ladakh. Chumar has been the focus of the PLA since the 21 day face-off in Depsang Plains, which ended on May 5. This area near the Himachal Pradesh border has also seen airborne violations by PLA helicopters.
India is known for bullying its small neighbors but its armed forces are hesitating to move against Chinese PLA.
Indo-China border tensions escalate in Ladakh
Indian daily Hindustan Times has reported that Chinese troops in last two days crossed the Line of Actual Control in Eastern Ladakh carrying banners asking India to vacate "occupied" territory. The incursions occurred on Tuesday and Wednesday last and though the Chinese went back to their positions after eyeball-to-eyeball confrontations with Indian troops, the matter was serious enough to be noted by the Prime Minister's Office, besides the ministries of defence and external affairs.
It all started in April this year when elements of Peoples Liberation Army (PLA), the official name for armed forces of China crossed the LAC and encamped in what India calls Indian Territory. A Chinese border guards platoon (40 soldiers) pitched tents ten kilometers inside Indian territory overlooking Daulet Beg Oldie (DBO) in Ladakh in the Western sector. The last time they did a similar thing was in 1986 in Sumdorong Chu in the Eastern sector (Arunachal Pradesh). Both times, the Chinese forces had blessings from the highest quarters: then Deng Xiaoping and now the President and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, Xi Jinping. The Chinese finally left Sumdorong Chu of their own accord in 1995, with India calling it a historic win-win situation. This time around, the Chinese forces are unlikely to withdraw.
Chinese assert that their incursion 10 kilometers into LAC is technically correct because India has done more transgressions into the Eastern sector than the other way round. China further says that it has refrained from making noises because it wants good neighborly relations, but it will act in self-defense if the need arises. In mid-June Chinese PLA troops dismantled a closed-circuit camera set up by the Indian army in the Chumar sector of Eastern Ladakh. Chumar has been the focus of the PLA since the 21 day face-off in Depsang Plains, which ended on May 5. This area near the Himachal Pradesh border has also seen airborne violations by PLA helicopters.
India is known for bullying its small neighbors but its armed forces are hesitating to move against Chinese PLA.
Indo-China border tensions escalate in Ladakh
