Premature celebrations about so-called withdrawal of 10000 Chinese troops from depth areas in Eastern Ladakh are uncalled for. Frontline troops (in standoff positions along the LAC) remain in tact. Only back up troops may have been withdrawn because of severe winter
The ‘thinning out’ is perhaps only because those troops do not have any role right now. Too early to jump to conclusions. The real test will come three-four months down the line. Very few people know that even India has turned over/ thinned out some brigades in recent months
It would be delusional to draw any definite conclusion on Chinese intentions in withdrawing the troops. The same troops might be brought back in the summer. Indian ground commanders are on highest alert and the leadership is on no mood to trust the Chinese after Galwan
The Chinese are facing the ‘heat’ in the high altitude desert of Eastern Ladakh and Aksai Chin has been flagged by intercepts and intelligence reports in the past month as detailed by me here but that still doesn’t change the nature of standoff
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