Book Review | From Tinmosgang to Galwan, a deeply research examination of India’s contested lands

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Maroof pivots it on two key questions; who does Aksai Chin belong to? By Maj Gen Jagatbir Singh (retd) Maroof Raza is a person who wears many hats; a soldier, scholar and one of India’s foremost strategic affairs experts. He has now come out with; ‘Contested Lands ‘ a book that provides details of India’s … Read more

View: India gets a good deal with China but challenges remain

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New Delhi: India’s troop withdrawal deal with China is significant in many ways but the standout feature is that unlike in the rest of its neighbourhood, Beijing was unable to achieve its strategic goal of asserting its political and military dominance on New Delhi. Worse, it ended up triggering a challenge to its economic pre-eminence … Read more

ET Analysis: PLA action along Pangong Tso points to glaring Chinese duplicity

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NEW DELHI: China’s attempted assault on the southern banks of the Pangong Tso on Saturday night has raised alarm on several fronts and, more disconcertingly, exposed a wide gap between what Beijing says through diplomatic channels and what the PLA actually does on the ground. For weeks now, China has been reposing faith in the … Read more

Indian envoy to China Vikram Misri sets stage for next round of Sino-Indian talks

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New Delhi: Indian ambassador to China Vikram Misri’s back-to-back meetings in Beijing last week on the prevailing tensions in Pangong Tso and Depsang Plains along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) have set the stage for next round of dialogue between the military commanders and diplomats of the two countries. China remains adamant on its … Read more

Resolution to condemn Chinese aggression against India introduced in US Senate

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A bipartisan group of two powerful American senators on Thursday introduced a resolution in the Senate condemning China‘s aggression towards India to change the status quo at the Line of Actual Control between the two Asian giants. The resolution by Senator John Cornyn, who is the Republican Senate Majority Whip, and Senator Mark Warner, who … Read more

Chinese pulling back from finger area along Pangong

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New Delhi: The military disengagement in eastern Ladakh is progressing gradually, with Chinese troops pulling back from the friction point at the Finger area along Pangong Tso after similar withdrawals from Galwan and Hot Springs. While the Chinese army remains within the Indian perception of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) along the lake, soldiers … Read more

The dangers of going all out against China, according to SA Aiyar

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Despite the ongoing disengagement at the India-China border following a tense weeks-long faceoff, there seems to be no let-up in calls to ban Chinese goods. Even as concerted efforts from both sides gradually take the edge off the tension at Ladakh, local industry finds itself in considerable dilemma over what happens if/when India actually severs … Read more