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China plans to build new highway along Line of Actual Control: Report
•The details of the new construction remain unclear, but the highway, when completed, may go near the hotly contested areas such as the Depsang Plains, Galwan Valley and Hot Springs on the LAC, according to the report by South China Morning Post
Why China’s new Land Border Law may further intensify military standoff with India
Jajati K Pattnaik And Chandan K Panda •New Delhi must go for a massive ramp-up in the infrastructure sector along the LAC to make Beijing realise that territorial integrity is its top priority
India must go beyond talkathon, start questioning Chinese claims on Tibet, Hong Kong and Xinjiang
Maj Gen Sb Asthana •The 13th round of Corps Commander level talks failed because China is not sincere about ending the military standoff with India.
The Xi-ng Thing: Strategic assessment of failure of India-China military-level talks and what may lie ahead
Sreemoy Talukdar •Driven by the insecurity of burgeoning India-US ties, China’s assumption has become a self-fulfilling prophecy, leading India and the US towards an ever-tightening strategic embrace
Before disengaging at Ladakh, India must adopt ‘distrust and verify’ strategy despite Chinese promises
Sreemoy Talukdar •With the LoC getting hotter by the day, there would be a temptation among the Indian military leadership to reduce the quantum of troops from eastern Ladakh and redeploy them along the LoC.