Bottom line: thus far, both govts have largely been restrained in their rhetoric. This is a good thing & a contrast from Doklam/2017 when Beijing's stmts were v heated 1/
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- May 18 Global Times piece re Galwan Valley situation (had only been 1 piece in Indian media at that point re it) bit.ly/2TDOkpj
- May 19 stmt from PRC foreign ministry 5/
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This doesn't mean GoI needs to drop restraint. It does mean it has to find a way to deal w these elements 21/
This is what makes India different from China. 22/
- PRC MFA stmts of May 19, 22 not circulated to the Chinese media
- GT claim of Galwan Valley “as China’s territory" was missing in MFA stmts 25/
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