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TopicChina's 1959 claim line

Topic: China's 1959 claim line

India-China border can’t be changed. Formalising LAC as the redline is the answer

Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) -
The India-China crisis has led to a de facto delineation of the 1959 Claim Line in Ladakh. Why can’t this delineation be extended to the rest of the LAC and the McMahon Line?

Watch CutTheClutter: What is the new India-China LAC deal in context of China’s 1959 claim line

ThePrint Team -
In Episode 1543, ThePrint's Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at the agreement India and China reached on the Line of Actual Control last week.

Normalising India-China relations is an economic need. Modi is right to seek peace

Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) -
Any future tactical agreement in Eastern Ladakh will be based on India accepting the 1959 claim line. The diplomatic challenge is to reach a face-saving agreement.

India, China’s stand on Hot Springs has 2 sticking points — Chang Chenmo, 1959 Claim Line

Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) -
Indian govt's 'leak' about Hot Springs pullback is indicative of China's uncompromising approach to the Chang Chenmo Sector.

India’s answer to China’s Claim Line also lies in 1959

Seshadri Chari -
Like in fairy tales, the dragon’s life is not in its fire power. It could be in one of the soft underbellies, or all of them.

PLA’s eye is on 1959 Claim Line. But Modi, Xi can get around it and make peace before winter

Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) -
The 1959 Claim Line tactically forecloses all Indian options to threaten Aksai Chin and other areas secured by the PLA prior to and during the 1962 War.

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Economy

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Vrinda Tulsian -
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Defence

US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru next

Snehesh Alex Philip -
At the Western Army Command, the American delegation was briefed on the capabilities of the formation, past operations and the path ahead.

National Interest

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

Shekhar Gupta -
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