Pawar, Yogesh
China’s fears regarding India, such as their belief that India is a part of the US’ plan to encircle their country (a claim which China feels is “evidenced” by the US-India Civilian Nuclear Agreement) encourages China’s desire to “trip” India before the military asymmetry will begin...
India’s foreign minister has blamed China for last year’s deadly skirmishes along their Himalayan border and warned of greater economic consequences unless peace was restored. Almost a year later, tensions remain high along the disputed boundary in the inhospitable Ladakh region, where at least 2...
But not everyone is so optimistic. And the doubters are right to be cautious: PresidentXi Jinpingand Prime MinisterNarendra Modidid not fundamentally alter China-India ties with their interim pact. In short, both countries agreed to pull back troops at two points in Ladakh, in the western Hima...
military observation posts and barracks as well as landing strips have been constructed in Aksai Chin. These facilities enhance China’s quick mobilization capabilities. India, in turn, has decided to deploy a tank formation in Ladakh, is training a 40,000-strong ‘mountain strike corps,’ and ...
A source in New Delhi, who had been briefed on the military situation on the border, said soldiers foiled a bid by a group of Chinese troops to enter Indian territory in Ladakh, near the Pangong lake. Some of the Chinese soldiers carried iron rods and stones, and in the ...
After years of standoffs and clashes along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), particularly around India’s northern Ladakh region, the new agreement stipulates troop withdrawals from contested areas and establishes new patrolling protocols. This pact reflects both ...
Spokesperson Hua Chunying made the remarks when asked to comment on India's plan to build a military road near the western section of the Line of Actual Control (LAC). According to the Hindustan Times, days after Indian and Chinese troops engaged in stone-pelting at Ladakh's Pangong Lake, ...
(LAC), a notional boundary, particularly in the Ladakh region. China and India have had territorial disputes along their shared border since the countries’ modern beginnings. Both nations engaged in a bloody conflict over this issue in 1962, but it was the only one. However, violent incidents...
(Times of India2008), continue to irk China. More recently, in the context of the ongoing militarized tensions along the Sino-Indian border in mid-2020, Lobsang Sangay reiterated that Ladakh (in the western sector) “is a part of India” too (Mohan2020). According to the noted Tibet...