China Builds 5g Infra Along Lac
                     CHINA BUILDS 5G INFRA 
ALONG LAC
INTRODUCTION
• Amid the border dispute between India & China, Beijing has started 
laying fibre optics cables and installing other equipment for 5G 
technology along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
Source: Telecom News
FLAGGED THE CONSTRUCTION 
FOR 5G
• The Chinese People's Liberation Army troops were found 
constructing barracks and other structures near the Pangong Lake. 
• The agencies flagged the construction for 5G was noticed near 
Demchok area, one of the disputed sites at LAC in August.
Source: Telecom News
INSTALLATION OF EQUIPMENTS
• The installation of equipment for new spectrum bandwidths, laying 
of fibre optics cables and the development of cellular transmission 
technology was noticed.
Source: Dailynews
CONSTRUCTION AT PANGONG 
LAKE
• The agencies also alerted that fresh construction works were seen 
along the Pangong Lake despite China having stated they will move 
back.
• New huts and sheds have come up at Pangong Lake.
Source: Onmanorama
INDIA-CHINA STANDOFF
• The India-China standoff is nearing four months after tensions broke 
out in early May. 
• During initial disengagement, Pangong Lake and Gogra-Hot Springs 
area were known as patrol point 17A remains volatile.
Source: The Financial Express
CHINA STRENGTHENED THE 
POSITION
• At Pangong Lake, China has strengthened its positions between 
Finger-5 and 8 and India is to take up this move very strongly.
• China refused to pull back eastwards from the 8-km stretch it has 
occupied from Finger-4 to Finger-8.
Source: Business Insider
DELIBERATIONS
• As China is not moving back, several rounds of deliberations took 
place in Delhi to decide the future strategy. 
• Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat has also said if talks fail 
India will think of military options.
Source: News18.com
SECURITY ESTABLISHMENT
• Frequent meetings have been taking place in the security 
establishment to review the situation along LAC in Eastern Ladakh.
• Agencies had alerted that China has also mobilised soldiers near 
Uttarakhand's Lipulekh Pass.
Source: Foreign Policy
STATUS QUO
• China has made an attempt to change the status quo by putting up 
shelters and setting up a camp in areas that were under Indian 
control so far.
• Around 20 Indian soldiers and an unknown number of Chinese 
troops were killed in a clash at the Galwan Valley on June 15.
Source: OneIndia
INDIA CHINA BORDER DISPUTE
• The China-Indian border dispute is an ongoing 
territorial dispute over the sovereignty of two relatively large, and 
several smaller, separated pieces of territory 
between China and India.
Source: YouTube