While negotiations between the two Asian giants on Ladakh are deadlocked, China is accused of colonizing portions of Indian territory.
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The conflict goes on, away from the cameras, on the heights of the Himalayas, in an icy desert. Only the winter that will close on the mountains could bring a moment of respite to the soldiers. It’s been more than a year and a half as Chinese and Indian armies face Ladakh over 5,000 meters above sea level. The first clashes broke out on May 5, 2020 in the Pangong Lake region and had degenerated on June 15, near the patrol point 14, in the Valley of Galwan, in a fight with stones and gourdines who had cost the life To 20 Indian soldiers and, officially, four Chinese. It was the first fatal confrontation between the two Asian giants since 1975, a body fighting because the two rivals have committed, since 1966, not to make use of firearms.
Beijing and New Delhi compete with the actual control line (lake) in eastern Ladakh, a poorly defined line of demarcation, and, despite 13 disposal of military and diplomatic discussions and an agreement signed in February, the two country failed in their disengagement negotiations. The troops have been withdrawn from the front line at Pangong Lake and Gogra, but other friction points remain, including Hot Springs and Depsang, and the two nuclear powers continue to deploy their strengths. Beijing and New Delhi would have placed between 50,000 and 60,000 soldiers each in the area with heavy equipment. The two countries are engaged in a race for infrastructure, bridges, tunnels, roads, to ensure the connectivity of the different sites.
Ladakh is no longer the only element of conflict. Chinese incursions have been reported on other portions of the Himalayan border, 3,488 km long. On August 30, for example, a hundred Chinese soldiers penetrated Indian territory in Barahoti, Uttarakhand and stayed there for three hours before destroying infrastructure, including a bridge.
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To subsequent Singh, the New Delhi Political Research Center, “This incident marks a resumption of Chinese aggression against India. Although it is a territory claimed by both parties, it’s about A demilitarized area. No person in uniform can penetrate. This rule has been violated by the Chinese “. This military specialist believes that “these incursions testify to the Chinese army’s willingness to maintain the Indian army under pressure” and weaken India, already held to defend his forehead in the Kashmir, facing Pakistan.
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