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Basic Explainer of the recent clash in the Eastern Himalayas.

Location: Yangtse Sector, which is located some 25 km NE of Tawang as the crow flies. Same area was a site of another clash in 2021 when PLA built a pucca road towards saddle.

No sneak peek for PLA.
(1/4) Map showing relative locati...
PLA recently upgraded a road and built some portion entirely new. It helps improve logistics to their main artery connecting Tsona Dzong and Bum La.

Area is witness to multiple clashes in last 2 decades due to differing perceptions of the frontier.

(2/4) Map showing recently built ...
Newly built Xiaokang serve as their firm base. News report suggest contention of 17000+ feet heights in the area if controlled by the adversary can give venerable observation point to monitor our movements.

(3/4) The strategic consequences
Just adding recently built Xiaokang village opposite Yangtse sector.

Government released a statement that area commanders resolved the issues locally.

Not a big story obviously.

(4/4) Xiaokang opposite Yangtse s...

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Return of the Empire and The Age of the Expansionism.

The frontier policy of the great civilization brings to life the ancient kingdom of Guge.

Multiple Xiaokang (well-of) villages popped up during last few months in the remotest frontier of Tibet.

@SushantSin Map showing new Xiaokang vi...
Tsaparang-the capital of the ancient kingdom Guge in the Garuda Valley near Toling monastery, from where the second dissemination of Buddhism in Tibet emanated has witnessed tremendous development in last few years from establishment of a new garrison to now new xiaokang villages Credit: © 2022 Planet Labs
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Long Thread :

1.

Belligerent China pushes on..

With policy of developing remote frontier areas with new Border villages, hegemonic ambitions of China put tiny Kingdom of Bhutan on the frontline between the struggle for the domination between two civilizational nation states. Credit : Google Earth
2.

New Villages in the Bhutanese areas now give their northern neighbour tremendous advantages in the negotiations happening in China to settle their border disputes.

Langmarpo Damian Village
( 朗玛浦抵边小康村 )

27° 28′ 28″ N, 89° 00′ 21″ E Credit : Google Earth and @planet
3.

They constructed these villages in a single year after Feb, 2021 disengagement in the Eastern Ladakh.

Qule
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27° 36′ 11″ N, 89° 06′ 19″ E Credit : Google Earth and @planet
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#MondayHumour

Chepzi, Tibet.

PLA Post 3 km South of the International Boundary between Bhāratavarṣa and Ü-Tsang.

32.57581° N, 78.60855° E.

( Some of you might remember 2014 incident 🤷‍♂️)

1/4. Chepzi, Tibet
PLA Deployment 4 km South of the boundary between Al-Hind and Tibet.

Sugar Sector infested with the great people from the fertile plains of the river Yangtze and river Yellow.

32.56867° N, 78.61613° E.

#HanSupremacy

2/4. PLA Post in Pare chu Valley
PLA continues to strengthen this vulnerable sector with permanent militarization via construction of brand new military outposts and defensive localities in the narrow Pare Chu Valley.

#TributaryOfSpiti

3/4. PLA Deployment in the Chepzi-Chumar Sector
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Tensions simmered beneath the surface for decades after the first time two civilizational states played it out in the battlefield in 1962. Then, The boiling pot erupted in the summer of 2020
I will try to show the developments near the North Sikkim - Tibet frontier.
2/n)
Our Northern partners - rose above petty politics to truly embrace the concept of "Atmanirbhar Chin". Their Rapid Industrialization helped them achieve it.

Here, Two Tank Squadrons participating in some sort of exercise around 20 km North of the undisputed frontier.
3/n)

The Third Squadron of the Regiment located 6 km east of the Main field deployment is also visible.

Also, Their Dongfeng High mobility Vehicles roam the vast Plateau.
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Dec 7, 2021
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Time-lapse of New Airstrips/Airports under construction near Indian borders ( Runway length = Around 5000m )

1. Taklakot ( Burang )

About 20 km from India-Nepal-Tibet Tri-junction
( Opposite Lipulekh Pass )
2. Tingri Airstrip

Around 150 km north of Kathmandu (Capital of Nepal)
3. Damxung Airport

Around 90 km north of Lhasa ( Tibet )
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Belligerent China's incredible 'Infrastructure Drive' with hegemonic ambitions put India in a vulnerable position along her Northeast Frontier with Tibet.

3 New Villages popped up near the LAC bordering Shi Yomi and Upper Subansiri Districts in the last few months.
2.
More than 200 Permanent Structures visible on High Resolution Imagery along the Langdong Chu whose construction started late this year.
3.
Time-lapse of the New Villages [ Dual use Infrastructure ] shows the speed of the construction.
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