India and China are also figuring out at what level the next round of talks should take place, after previous discussions reached a deadlock on 4 August.
In episode 553 of Cut the Clutter, Shekhar Gupta highlights how Chinese President Xi Jinping has been under fire for his handling of Covid pandemic, among other issues.
India & China will be holding talks under Working Mechanism for Consultation & Coordination framework. Indian delegation will be led by MEA joint secretary for East Asia.
There is an infrastructure shortage in Eastern Ladakh, stemming from the fact that such large-scale movement of troops was unheard of in the region, and due to the challenging terrain.
Talks were held Sunday over Depsang Plains tensions. Next round of meeting under Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination is being scheduled now.
The situation in Depsang is similar to the one that prevailed at the northern bank of the Pangong Tso, another sticking point in talks, before the intrusion this year.
Forces under eastern command, which oversees LAC in northeast, have been put on ‘Border Management Posture’, part of the escalation matrix factored in by Army.
India believes Beijing will now ratchet up pressure on Dhaka to hand over certain lucrative infrastructure and connectivity projects to it to ‘provoke’ New Delhi.
Australian High Commissioner also said Australia remains deeply concerned by 'actions' in the South China Sea & rejecta China's 'unlawful maritime claims' in the region.
Chinese envoy Sun Weidong reiterated his allegation that it was India that triggered Galwan Valley clash by violating the understanding reached at 6 June commanders’ meeting.
Don’t call him to your place the first time. He could be a stalker who now has your address. Or worse. He overstays his welcome, clogs your toilet, picks his nails, and snores.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
Tribhuvan Darbari – Tribhuvan Darbari- India and China need to work together to resolve the issue peacefully. War has never been a solution. War brings miseries and pains. Though India cannot always stay on backfoot and keep on tolerating the aggressions and bullies by China. China has always shown aggression and bullied its neighborhood. India needs to make itself self-reliant and bolster its efforts to make India a manufacturing hub with full of opportunities. The debate over China’s rise has been raging for the past two decades, if not since 1950, when the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) swept into Tibet. India-China relations have seen it all — from engagement to a dramatic collapse in 1959, a brief-but-traumatic war in 1962, a hiatus of no- war, no-peace in the decades that followed. And, finally a diplomatic breakthrough with the 1988 modus vivendi that paved the way for India and China to build a relationship without settling the border dispute. It is clear that the next phase of the relationship depends on a peaceful frontier. But this should not mean merely a restoration of the status quo ante. If, by the status quo, we mean two large nuclear-armed countries resuming their aggressive jostling and humiliating each other, that is unsustainable. To anyone who has viewed leaked videos of the border face-offs in recent years, the Line of Actual Control (LAC) grey zones have been transformed into a nasty tit-for-tat game, waiting to explode. #TribhuvanDarbari #Tribhuvan #Darbari #DarbariTribhuvan #Tribhuvan_Darbari #Darbari_Tribhuvan #TribhuvanDarbariBlog #IndiaChinaFaceoff #IndiaChinaDispute #LatestNews
Let’s be firm, any kind of talk only after PLA vacated areas occupied in Galwan valley and status quo ante maintained. President Xi’ s talks with Chinese think tank suggests long haul without actually talking of full scale war.
I am more than a little intrigued by the statement “…Sources in the security establishment monitoring the situation daily said the new construction is meant to provide back-up for the thousands of troops China has moved forward near the LAC, AND ALSO INTO THE INDIAN SIDE, since May this year. [Capitalized phrase mine, for emphasis]. Does the writer of this article have any concrete evidence (e.g., authenticated satellite imagery from the LAC) to support the claim that China had moved thousands of troops into the Indian side of LAC? It is important to have a firm and justified YES or NO to this question, for this is precisely what the Congress-led Opposition has been accusing the BJP-led government of hiding from the people..even though the government – and the military – have rubbished this claim.
If one is not mistaken, this is the first time a senior personage has spoken on record about exercising a military option. A grim portent. In a time of pandemic, the Chinese have acted recklessly, created a full blown crisis. Undone thirty years of painstaking diplomacy.
Tribhuvan Darbari – Tribhuvan Darbari- India and China need to work together to resolve the issue peacefully. War has never been a solution. War brings miseries and pains. Though India cannot always stay on backfoot and keep on tolerating the aggressions and bullies by China. China has always shown aggression and bullied its neighborhood. India needs to make itself self-reliant and bolster its efforts to make India a manufacturing hub with full of opportunities. The debate over China’s rise has been raging for the past two decades, if not since 1950, when the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) swept into Tibet. India-China relations have seen it all — from engagement to a dramatic collapse in 1959, a brief-but-traumatic war in 1962, a hiatus of no- war, no-peace in the decades that followed. And, finally a diplomatic breakthrough with the 1988 modus vivendi that paved the way for India and China to build a relationship without settling the border dispute. It is clear that the next phase of the relationship depends on a peaceful frontier. But this should not mean merely a restoration of the status quo ante. If, by the status quo, we mean two large nuclear-armed countries resuming their aggressive jostling and humiliating each other, that is unsustainable. To anyone who has viewed leaked videos of the border face-offs in recent years, the Line of Actual Control (LAC) grey zones have been transformed into a nasty tit-for-tat game, waiting to explode. #TribhuvanDarbari #Tribhuvan #Darbari #DarbariTribhuvan #Tribhuvan_Darbari #Darbari_Tribhuvan #TribhuvanDarbariBlog #IndiaChinaFaceoff #IndiaChinaDispute #LatestNews
Let’s be firm, any kind of talk only after PLA vacated areas occupied in Galwan valley and status quo ante maintained. President Xi’ s talks with Chinese think tank suggests long haul without actually talking of full scale war.
Yes the military options for India are to kill their soldiers, better than being killed by Chinese.
I am more than a little intrigued by the statement “…Sources in the security establishment monitoring the situation daily said the new construction is meant to provide back-up for the thousands of troops China has moved forward near the LAC, AND ALSO INTO THE INDIAN SIDE, since May this year. [Capitalized phrase mine, for emphasis]. Does the writer of this article have any concrete evidence (e.g., authenticated satellite imagery from the LAC) to support the claim that China had moved thousands of troops into the Indian side of LAC? It is important to have a firm and justified YES or NO to this question, for this is precisely what the Congress-led Opposition has been accusing the BJP-led government of hiding from the people..even though the government – and the military – have rubbished this claim.
If one is not mistaken, this is the first time a senior personage has spoken on record about exercising a military option. A grim portent. In a time of pandemic, the Chinese have acted recklessly, created a full blown crisis. Undone thirty years of painstaking diplomacy.
As far as the CHinese are concerned, it isn’t reckless, but likely to result in big gains for them.