May 26, 2020, The Liberacy:- India-China Standoff has once again escalated tensions between the two neighbouring superpowers. The fresh fisticuffs have been seen at Galwan of the Ladakh region and also along the Sikkim borders.
The standoff in the Ladakh region has always been there because of the objection by Beijing to the construction works on the Indian side by Indian armed forces. The construction works mainly includes the construction of Roads for easy mobility of soldiers along the tough terrain.
The tensions are also on the Northern side of Pangong Tso lake due to aggressive patrolling.
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China has objected to the construction of a road along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) which marks the India-China border. The road connects Dharchuk via Shyok to Daulat Beg Oldie.
Daulat Beg Oldie is the place where India has developed an ALG (Advanced Landing Ground) that happens to be the highest airstrip in the World. The airstrip is even capable of landing C-130J (Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules)
The Dharchuk- Daulat Beg Oldie road was completed in 2019, and the most important thing here is that this road gives access to Karakoram Highway.
This has always given China a boiling head speculating the aggressive nature from the Indian side. Whereas, India has always cleared that any development on the Indian side is only for easy mobility of soldiers and equipment, during/on any uninvited circumstances.
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Fisticuffs were also seen on the India-China border along with Sikkim on May 9. Even stones were pelted on this side, leaving many injured. The moment was silenced after the senior officials got into talks.
There is a verbal fight from the Foreign Ministry of China and the State Media of China, Global Times. On the other hand, India has not involved itself in any verbal fight, just like the Doklam standoff, but has initiated a dialogue.
The dialogue between New Delhi and Beijing is less likely to be fruitful at the current situation, because of the commencement of the Chinese National People’s Congress on Friday.
India and China share a long border of 3488 km with 23 disputed/unresolved regions. These are the regions were aggressive standoffs are often seen.
The regions of the dispute are along with the four Indian States namely,
1. Ladakh (Demchok, Trig Heights, Dumchele, Pangong Tso, Chumar & Spanggur Gap)
2. Arunachal Pradesh (Namka Chu, Samdorong Chu, Asaphik, Longju, Dichu, Yangtse, Fist Tail-1 & two sites at Dibang Valley)
3. Himachal Pradesh (Kaurik & Shipki La)
4. Uttarakhand (Barahoti & Pulan Sunda)
The clashes provoked by China at this crucial time of Pandemic are seen as an attempt to diverge the world from important issues, i.e. an investigation into the origin of Coronavirus.
The United States and most of the European States have criticised China for its aggressiveness at the India-China border.
India has recently signed at the UN document for probing an investigation at the origin of Coronavirus.
The US President has claimed that Coronavirus was made in the Wuhan lab of China, and is a Weapon.
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