Is Chinese activity on the Ladakh border a cause for concern?

[T90TankGuy]

Demchok, Leh: To the outsider, Demchok in Leh is a small nondescript village. But this village along which runs the Line of Actual Control (LAC) is an area where Indian and Chinese troops claim stretches as their own.

Both countries assert their ownership by sending out frequent patrols, and whenever Indian and Chinese troops come face to face, they show banners and lay claim shots on the territory, which asks the other to retreat. The last such incident in this sector took place on August 28.

In the last one year, over a dozen transgressions have been reported by either side, and yet, as military officials are quick to stress, the borders remain calm. Brigadier Anil Choudhury, Commander Kiari Brigade says: ''There have been no intrusions ... and as far as transgressions are concerned they are far and few. The existing mechanisms of border personnel meetings and banner drills are good enough to take care of these and these meetings happen in a cordial atmosphere.''

However, Chinese activity on their side of the LAC is a source of some concern for India. Indian surveillance reveals a People's Liberation Army (PLA) truck showing the Chinese flag driving on a hard, metalled road shots of their observation post. That's not all. There is enough evidence that more and more infrastructure is coming up on the Chinese side: new huts for the nomads of the region a community centre, and barracks, all of which could have dual purpose - civil and military. The Indian Army suspects these are supply dumps that also act as PLA shelters - a new three-storied observation tower of the Chinese army is also coming up - construction for which started in August.

Till 2006 none of this existed. The spurt in infrastructure build-up started before 2008 Beijing Olympics when China expected trouble in Tibet a few km away from Demchok. At Dumchelle, a few kilometres away there are more signs of Chinese vigil - a newly-constructed observation post

The world's largest undemarcated border between two rising nations is a cause for tension, but so far both sides have taken enough measures in these inhospitable areas to prevent any serious flare up in the past decade. Experts say the Chinese activity calls for constant vigil but not undue panic.

link Is Chinese activity on the Ladakh border a cause for concern?

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if you look at the news report vid , you will see how well they handle these incursions on both sides. its a very mature way to handle it .

link : Video: Chinese activity along the Ladakh border: Ground report - NDTV Profit

 

[tvsram1992]

Of course its a concern

 

[beijingwalker]

there are equally a lot of military activities on the Indian side.

 

[CorporateAffairs]

there are equally a lot of military activities on the Indian side.

so... whatever we do, you follow us aah

 

[beijingwalker]

haha,yeah,sometimes we equally follow each other,maybe ignoring each other is a better choice.

 

[CorporateAffairs]

haha,yeah,sometimes we equally follow each other,maybe ignoring each other is a better choice.

yes.. we ignored and faced

not this time bro

 

[beijingwalker]

one simple question,which country deployed more troops near Sino-India border?

 

[Doctor09]

blame games nothing more

 

[beijingwalker]

No need for alarm over Chinese military: India Thursday, 03 November 2011 03:04
India has approved several steps to rapidly increase its troop strength along the Sino-Indian border by nearly one lakh soldiers, by raising a new mountain strike corps, two mountain divisions and two mountain brigades.

India is also building military infrastructure such as border roads, airfields and advanced landing grounds.

A recent army commanders conference too talked about “force accretion” along India’s border with both China and Pakistan. The army at present has about 1.13 million troops that includes nearly 37,000 officers.

India has completed raising two mountain divisions in the northeast, a process that began three years ago. Two more mountain brigades are being raised for Ladakh and Uttarakhand.

It has opened three advanced landing grounds in Daulat Beg Oldi, Fuk Che and Nyoma, all in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ladakh region, in the last three years.

It also plans more such airfields in the northeast too, particularly in Arunachal Pradesh, which is claimed by China as Lower Tibet.

The total cost of force accretion and infrastructure development is expected to be to the tune of `640bn. “We are keen on securing our borders. The nation will take all adequate measures that are needed to secure our borders,” Raju said.

He added that there was “no tension” between India and China on the borders.

Maybe that is the truth,all those false alarm was made by Indian media.

 

[beijingwalker]

No incursion along Sino-Indian border: Army officer
Jammu | Agency: PTI

A top army commander today said there was no incursion or intrusion by the Chinese Army along the Sino-Indian border in Ladakh.

"There are transgressions and these are sorted out at flag meetings between the two countries," said general officer commanding-in-chief, Northern Command, Lt Gen KT Parnaik.

"It is not exactly an incursion or intrusion but in my view it is a transgression," he was replying to a question on incursion by the Chinese troops in Ladakh on the sidelines of an investiture ceremony at Akhnoor, some 35-kmfrom Jammu.

He said due to improper demarcation on the Line of Actual Control, "they (Chinese troops) enter Indian Territory but both the nations sit and sort out the matter through talks at flag meetings".

Some reports just hell bent to blow thing out of proportion,really dont know their motives.

 

[CorporateAffairs]

one simple question,which country deployed more troops near Sino-India border?

Both of us buddy

And.. which country attacked earlier??

 

[beijingwalker]

I bet we have different stories and answers on your question,ha

 

[beijingwalker]

Both of us buddy

And.. which country attacked earlier??

That's a third party statement from Wikipedia

The Forward Policy

At the beginning of 1961, Nehru appointed General B. M. Kaul as army Chief of General Staff,[28] but he refused to increase military spending and prepare for a possible war.[28] According to James Barnard Calvin of the U.S. Navy, in 1959, India started sending Indian troops and border patrols into disputed areas. This program created both skirmishes and deteriorating relations between India and China.[7] The aim of this policy was to create outposts behind advancing Chinese troops to interdict their supplies, forcing them north of the disputed line.[7][23][26][29] There were eventually 60 such outposts, including 43 north of the McMahon Line, to which India claimed sovereignty.[7][12] China viewed this as further confirmation of Indian expansionist plans directed towards Tibet. According to the Indian official history, implementation of the Forward Policy was intended to provide evidence of Indian occupation in the previously unoccupied region through which Chinese troops had been patrolling. Kaul was confident, through contact with Indian Intelligence and CIA information, that China would not react with force.[16] Indeed, at first the PLA simply withdrew, but eventually Chinese forces began to counter-encircle the Indian positions which clearly encroached into the north of McMahon Line. This led to a tit-for-tat Indian reaction, with each force attempting to outmanoeuver the other.

 

[Kiss_of_the_Dragon]

Both of us buddy

And.. which country attacked earlier??

which country harbor Tibetan salve owners and provok China first? if you want to dig..then dig to te source.

 

[harshad]

which country harbor Tibetan salve owners and provok China first? if you want to dig..then dig to te source.

pakistan harbours many of indias seperatist groups that doesnt mean india should do on a war with it

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china will do what china wants.

what the hell are india going to do about it? nothing!

u are powerless to stop us.

unless u want another 1962 spanking.

stop you day dreaming india is not a walkover