All about India-China Border Standoff.
                     All about India-China Border 
Standoff
When it began?
• On May 5, a scuffle broke out between Indian and 
Chinese troops at the Pangong Tso lake, located 14,000 
feet (4,270 metres) above the sea level in the Himalayan 
region of Ladakh. Many soldiers were injured.
Source: Google Images
Fight at LAC
• A video shot by an Indian soldier and shared on social media 
showed soldiers from both nations engaged in fistfights and 
stone-pelting at the de facto border, known as Line of Actual 
Control (LAC). The incident, which continued until the next 
day, resulted in 11 soldiers being injured on both sides.
Source: Google Images
Another fight at Nathu La Pass
• Three days later and nearly 1,200km (745 miles) away to the 
east along the LAC, another fight erupted at Nathu La Pass in 
the Indian state of Sikkim after Indian soldiers stopped a patrol 
party from China's People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
Source: Google Images
Tensions
• Both countries downplayed the incidents and the issues were 
resolved at the local level, but in the weeks since then, the 
India-China border has seen soldiers from both sides camping 
along several disputed areas, with each side accusing the 
other of trespassing.
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Increased military presence
• About 80 to 100 tents have sprung up on the Chinese 
side, and nearly 60 on the Indian side At least 10,000 PLA 
soldiers are now believed to be camping on what India 
claims to be its territory in parts of Ladakh and Sikkim
Source: Google Images
What triggered China?
• With little information shared by the two countries, media 
reports have speculated on the reasons behind the latest 
border standoff. The tension might have been triggered by 
infrastructure activities carried out by India along the LAC
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Border skirmishes not new
• The border skirmishes are not new to the 3,488km frontier 
between India and China, most of which remains disputed and 
undemarcated. But the de facto border has largely remained 
calm despite hundreds of skirmishes that occur every year.
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All-out combat
• Analysts fear the latest standoff may escalate, as Chinese 
trucks have allegedly moved equipment inside the Indian 
side of LAC. Some analysts have suggested that the 
Chinese border assertion was a way to divert global 
attention from its handling of the coronavirus pandemic
Signs of de-escalation
• Tensions between the two nations seemed to de-escalate 
as China took an apparently conciliatory tone by saying 
that the situation at the border with India is "overall stable 
and controllable."
Source: Google Images