India and China Move In More Troops as Border Tensions Rise

[MMC]

It gives us all concern as both nations have nukes.

Which neither will use. I doubt that will be much of a concern.

[Peter1469]

Which neither will use. I doubt that will be much of a concern.

Ha! You said much of a concern..., so it is at least somewhat of a concern to you.

[Peter1469]

China is paying a high price for provoking India

For Xi, the Covid-19 pandemic—which has preoccupied the world’s governments for months—seemed like an ideal opportunity to make quick progress on his agenda. So, in April and May, he directed the People’s Liberation Army to launch furtive incursions into the icy borderlands of India’s Ladakh region, where it proceeded to establish heavily fortified encampments.

It wasn’t nearly as clever a plan as Xi probably thought. Far from entrenching China’s regional pre-eminence, it has intensified the pushback by Indo-Pacific powers, which have deepened their security cooperation. This includes China’s most powerful competitor, the United States, thereby escalating a bilateral strategic confrontation that has technological, economic, diplomatic and military dimensions. The spectre of international isolation and supply disruptions now looms over China, spurring Xi to announce plans to hoard mammoth quantities of mineral resources and agricultural products.


But Xi’s real miscalculation on the Himalayan border was vis-à-vis India, which has now abandoned its appeasement policy towards China. Not surprisingly, China remains committed to the PLA’s incursions, which it continues to portray as defensive: late last month, Xi told senior officials to ‘solidify border defences and ensure frontier security’ in the Himalayan region.


India, however, is ready to fight. In June, the PLA ambushed and killed Indian soldiers patrolling Ladakh’s Galwan Valley in a hand-to-hand confrontation that led to the deaths of numerous Chinese troops—the first PLA troops killed in action outside United Nations peacekeeping operations in more than four decades. Afterwards, Xi was so embarrassed by this outcome that, whereas India honoured its 20 fallen as martyrs, China refused to admit its precise death toll.


The truth is that, without the element of surprise, China is not equipped to dominate India in a military confrontation. And India is making sure that it will not be caught off guard again. It has now matched Chinese military deployments along the Himalayan frontier and activated its entire logistics network to transport the supplies needed to sustain the troops and equipment through the coming harsh winter.


In another blow to China, Indian special forces recently occupied strategic mountain positions overlooking key Chinese deployments on the southern side of Pangong Lake. Unlike the PLA, which prefers to encroach on undefended border areas, Indian forces carried out their operation right under China’s nose, in the midst of a major PLA build-up.
If that were not humiliating enough for China, India eagerly noted that the Special Frontier Force (SFF) that spearheaded the operation comprises Tibetan refugees. The Tibetan soldier who was killed by a landmine in the operation was honoured with a well-attended military funeral.


India’s message was clear:

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[Ransom]

China having a great deal of trouble with all its' neighbors.

[Peter1469]

China having a great deal of trouble with all its' neighbors.

That happens when a rising power seeks hegemony.

[Ransom]

For India, Taiwan, for any nation regarding China a threat.....Australia, Indonesia.....the US arms markets are open for business. The United States should help, facilitate, and assist the government of India.

[Peter1469]

Update.

An Update on the India-China Border Dispute

In this episode of RANE's Essential Geopolitics podcast, Emily Donahue gets an update on the border dispute between India and China from RANE South Asia Analyst Ekta Raghuwanshi. The Ladakh region has been the subject of ongoing talks since 2020. While the disputed border between India and China is unlikely to generate a violent conflict, the stalemate could hasten regional militarization, raising the perception of a potential security threat.

[PJL]

Are you saying they won't back down? They have a lot of irons in the fire right now, and nobody likes it that they do (except American media, as I said). Nobody likes what they're doing.

They haven't exactly been currying any favor lately either. So yeah, I'd gladly take your bet if you weren't nuts.

Actually , reality is the complete reverse of that...(lol) ...there's very few countries in the world that don't fully support China , and what they're doing .

[PJL]

China is paying a high price for provoking India



Read the rest of the article at the link.

Read half of the link ....but it's far to misleading , and full of incorrect assumption . 90% biased opinion , more that anything.

[Peter1469]

Actually , reality is the complete reverse of that...(lol) ...there's very few countries in the world that don't fully support China , and what they're doing .

Disinformation.

lol