Any analyst who tells you that internal reorganization of J&K and @AmitShah’s statement in Indian Parliament are sole triggers for current India-China standoff should retire from commenting and analyzing or reveal who they are working for.
First of all just because there was no loss of life on LAC does not mean the problems between China and India had resolved even in the slightest measure. China has never stopped provoking. India looked other way and was in comatose state up until now.
Modi Govt, given its massive mandate in elections, tried initiating the conversation on border dispute. But China was not interested. ‘Emperor’ Xi is even less interested. China wants to keep the border issue festering to use it as leverage against India.
So in absence of China’s unwillingness to solve border issue, next possible option for India is to safeguard its territory and be ready for any military conflict. Building border infrastructure is key to that and Modi green lighted several such projects.
This is what is at the heart of current standoff but the larger picture is Xi having made himself President for life wants to be sole Asian empire of consequence. Hence China’s issues with everyone except Pakistan which is China’s client state.
So just don’t read Chinese propagandists. Global times does better and more entertaining propaganda.
