Sovereignty over territory is the founding principle of international legal order and essential for the implementation of the sovereign rights of a State. Territorial disputes become commonplace among countries, mainly when bilateral agreements do not explicitly demarcate them. India and China are two ...
With this, at least temporarily, the heightened emotions about the territory claimed along the LAC by the two countries have been calmed somewhat. However, the Sino-Indian border breakthrough is unlikely to resolve the border dispute and border tensions. It is quite likely that the...
Since the 1960s China and India have engaged in a dispute about the demarcation of their shared border. This territorial dispute led to a brief war in 1962, and recurring flare-ups over the following decades, including during the summer of 2020. The potential for further escalation of this d...
In mid-June, Indian border troops crossed the China-India boundary at the Sikkim section and entered Chinese territory, obstructing normal Chinese border troop activity in Doklam, which resulted in the standoff. The video cited the 1890 Convention between Great Britain and China relating to Sikkim ...
the important Sela Tunnel Project. Beijing claims the state is part of its territory,Southern Tibet(藏南地区), and calls India’s claims ‘ridiculous.’ For China, Tibet represents the ‘three evils’ of terrorism, separatism (or ‘splittism’), and religious extremism. Under Xi, China is ...
Although India does not claim any territory in the South China Sea, the region gains salience for India in the context of the safety and security of its maritime trade that transits through these waters. It also has economic interests in the region and is engaged in joint development of energ...
Doklam is part of Chinese territory and there is no dispute over it, Geng said. China and Bhutan started their border negotiations from the 1980s, and have held 24 rounds of talks so far. Though the China-Bhutan boundary is not officially demarcated, both countries have a basic consensus on...
What's the dispute over? Thousands of Chinese troops havereportedlymoved into an area along the eastern Ladakh border, which India considers its territory. The Chinese forces have, for the first time, raised tents and stationed heavy military vehicles in the area. ...
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Every generation of leaders in India promotes the erroneous account of national oppression at the hands of China and indoctrinates its citizens into believing their northern territory is occupied, he said. For Maxwell, negotiations and cooperation to resolve the dispute should be the highest priority...