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🔴Thread: Future of India-China Standoff

Chief of Army Staff General #ManojPande said that the border with China requires constant, close monitoring as it could lead to a broader conflict. On March 27, the Army Chief gave a speech at the second Strategic Dialogue on...
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...‘Rise of China and its Implications for the World’, organised by Savitribai Phule Pune University and the #NewDelhi based Centre for China Analysis and Strategy. He further said that “I think the most important aspect of our operational environment remains... #indiavschina

...our legacy challenges of the unsettled and disputed borders. Pockets of dispute and contested claims to the territory continue to exist due to differing perceptions of the alignment of the #LAC . Transgressions remain the potential trigger for escalations.”
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“As we all know, we have agreements/protocols (signed in) 1993, 1996, 2005, and 2013 in the military domain to maintain peace and tranquillity on the LAC. Of concerns remain the violations of these by China with their attempt to carry out transgressions across the LAC.”

India will take the risk of confronting China on a broader geostrategic chessboard by tilting more towards the US and its Western allies because of the obvious military inequality. Chinese efforts to encircle India in South Asia and the Indian Ocean will also be amped...

...up in an effort to lessen its geopolitical power. Finally, and most significantly, given the Chinese military advantage, there may be more instances of incursions into Indian-claimed territory, increasing the likelihood of a dangerous escalation between the two superpowers.