Thread by @DharmicFundoo

One of the reasons why there was some confusion on Black Top and Helmet Top and whether the Indian Army controlled it or not, was because since those heights are on Chinese side of the LAC, Indians did not wish to look as being violating of LAC.

At the same time these heights needed to be in Indian control, so it was the SSF and Tibetans, who captured those heights. Black Top and Helmet Top are officially under the control of the Tibetans, not of the Indian Army.

In more than a few occasions, the Tibetan flag has been used on top of heights. This is going to become the new norm.

India will not hesitate to take areas on the Chinese side of the LAC if it bolsters defense of Ladakh, as well as enables return of Indian territory.

However from now on, all that conquest of territory on Chinese side of LAC will be accredited to the Tibetans and it will be the Tibetan flag that will fly on those heights and areas.

Even if territory is not in Tibet proper but in Ladakh, but under Chinese control, it will ...

... be reclaimed under Tibetan flag, not the Indian flag.

India is again making this issue into an Indo-Tibetan border issue.

This allows India with Tibetan troops to ingress not just across the LAC in Ladakh, but into Tibet proper, and as far India wishes.

And yet officially it will not be India liberating/conquering Chinese-held territory but Tibetan forces.

Chinese conflict with India is officially now limited to a better understanding of where the LAC is

Rest of China's border issues will now be with Free Tibet forces under 👇

This means from now on, Indian troops + SFF may be taking over various areas across China's view of LAC, but we won't be claiming that those areas are under Indian control. All such moves wd simply be called readjustments.

Chinese troops will only see Tibetan flags flying there.

How does this strategy really screw China?

1. Indians are saying, we are on our side of LAC, so China cannot make a good case for escalation.

2. India may in fact be in control of strategic points, not just in Ladakh, but also in Tibet, but we may not say so, other than a little vaguely. So if we don't say it, has it even happened?! 🙂

3) In all those positions, Tibetans will fly their flag & dance, and PLA will have to see all that as an impotent. Other Tibetans, in Tibet will find out, and there will be an uprising.

So Chinese fighting against an army, fighting under the Tibetan flag, is destabilizing for 🇨🇳

4) India, most likely, at an official level, is not even going to acknowledge any support for Free Tibet.

All that would be hollow talk. Talk didn't help Pakistan in Kashmir.

But there will be a lot of fighting.

5) China cannot publicly acknowledge that Indian troops under Tibetan flag are fighting against PRC in a region formerly controlled by them, because that would be both loss of face and may trigger even more uprising in Tibet and elsewhere.

And this is how little emperors from PRC will die in far away lands without even being honored in death in a military ceremony.

Here's how the Indian side explains it.

So, even if the Indian side occupies any features on Chinese side of LAC, Indian side will only officially confirm control over Indian side of the LAC.