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China reiterates its position, asks India to withdraw and conduct an investigation LATEST NEWS :   Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday said China cannot let a single piece of its territory split and won't allow anyone to damage its sovereignty. INDIA CHINA STANDOFF : The armies of both countries have been engaged in a standoff since June 16 in Sikkim section where India and China share a 220-km-long border. China has maintained that there won't be a meaningful dialogue without the unconditional withdrawal of Indian troops. Meanwhile, India maintains that the unilateral action by China to build a road in the area was altering the status quo and had serious security implications for India. Doklam is disputed between China and Bhutan, whose ally India backs Bhutan in its claims over the region. At the tri-junction China, India, and Bhutan, Doklam is of strategic importance to all three. Beijing wants New Delhi to withdraw troops from Doklam. New...

It is likely that from time to time there are differences, says Jaishankar Latest news : India and China should approach each other with "strategic maturity", Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar said today while expressing confidence that the two countries will be able to handle the Sikkim standoff as they have dealt with such border differences in the past. INDIA CHINA STANDOFF "It is a long border, as you know no part of the border has been agreed upon on the ground. It is likely that from time to time there are differences," Jaishankar said while responding to questions on the standoff between Indian and Chinese troops in the Doklam area of the Sikkim sector after delivering a lecture on 'India, ASEAN and Changing Geopolitics'. Underlining that this was not the first time that China and India have had border differences, Jaishankar said, "When such situations arise, I see no reason, when having handled so many situations in the past, we w...

India needs its own strategy of 'active defence' in the Indian ocean to counter the Chinese threat LATEST NEWS : Recent events on the Doklam plateau near the tri-junction of India, Bhutan, and China have resulted in plenty of discussion among Indian analysts. The better among these have pointed out Doklam’s limited tactical value to China and the latter’s clear contravention of prior agreements to preserve the territorial status quo with Bhutan. Why then have PLA troops and their political masters risked a potential conflict on such weak grounds? As Ajai Shukla notes, “Beijing’s wish to extend the Chumbi Valley southwards is incomprehensible.” Understanding how this episode fits with China’s rise and broader strategy in Asia can shed light on this question, as well as on the most effective Indian response. Limited data in the public domain show that the number of Chinese troop incursions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with India has been increasing, from 22...

China asked India to correct mistakes and pull back troops from Chicken's Neck Latest news : Upping the ante on the Sikkim standoff , China on Wednesday accused India of "trampling" on the Panchsheel principles and asked New Delhi to "correct its mistakes" as soon as possible by pulling back troops. China also claimed that India was "misleading the public" by saying that Chinese troops are building a road close to the Chicken's Neck in the Sikkim sector which could endanger India's access to its north-eastern states. "I want to point that the relevant actions by the Indian side violated the purposes and principles of the UN Charter in defiance of the international law and international norms. As we all know in 1950s China, India and Myanmar proposed the five principles (Panchsheel) of co-existence," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Gen Shuang told reporters here. "However to the surprise of everyone, the...