Thread by @Iyervval

1n A gentle reminder for jokers who claim “China has solved all its border issues except with India & Bhutan”. 🇨🇳 has 17 ongoing border disputes - some “official” some “unofficial”. Of these 7 are on the landmass. The “unofficial” disputes don’t prevent 🇨🇳 from sending in troops

2n like with Nepal. “Official disputes” are with 1) India on Ladakh & Arunachal 2) Bhutan. But there’s more in the unofficial ones. 3) Officials in Myanmar keep telling me of loose borders & constant encroachments in Kachin province, despite the border being “officially solved”

3n Mind you 🇨🇳 has continued supplying Kachin terrorists for a long time & frequently does so even now 4) the same is the case with Tajikistan, despite a border settlement, because according to the Chinese, half of Tajikistan was part of Qing Empire. 5) Mongolia is particularly

4n vulnerable because it was forcibly separated by the Soviets & technically a communist state does not enforce “unequal treaties” 6) the boundary settlement with Russia itself as we can see with the controversy over Vladivostok last month remains a sore point 7) the Yalu &

5n Tumen rivers marking the border with North Korea are still not “officially” demarcated & islands remain disputed. Now why is Nepal important? Simply because even when you “solve” a border dispute with 🇨🇳, from their “PoV” it’s not actually “solved”.... merely postponed

6n This is a recurring pattern with ALL treaties signed with China across all spheres - currency manipulation, nuclear weapons & missile proliferation, terrorism, you name it they violate it. A Chinese signature is not worth the paper it’s written on.

7n I’m not even getting into the maritime disputes, but best of luck to Nepal, you deserve China & the Chinese deserve you. As for China apologists, note their silence with regards to what has happened in Nepal. It doesn’t suit their narrative & they’ll bury it.