Depsang Valley

Will PM's Tokyo visit balance India's equation with Beijing?

Japan is a crucial 'swing state' for India to counter the immense diplomatic, economic and military might of China that continues to power on.

Khurshid likely to meet Chinese Premier Li today

External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid may hold talks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing on Friday evening.

China, India must be able to resolve border issues quicker, says Khurshid

China and India should "examine" the recent border stand off in Depsang Valley in Ladakh and be able to resolve such incidents "much quicker" in the future, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said.

India, China stand-off in Ladakh ends but at what cost to India?

India and China have backed off from their eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation in the Himalayas. But there is reason to believe that India may have paid a high price by giving China the right to determine what happens on our side of the fence.

'Coercive diplomacy' is the key to beat China's Ladakh ingress

There is diplomatic space for India to exert itself against the Chinese incursion without resorting to military adventurism. But to exert the levers of coercive diplomacy, you need to know that you have a spine in the first place.

India to reconsider Khurshid's visit to China?

The planned visit by External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid to Beijing next week is under cloud as the progress in dialogue to end the stand-off in Ladakh is not satisfactory and India would have liked a "much better response" from China.

Implications of the Sarabjit Singh episode for India

The death of Sarabjit Singh in a Pakistani hospital, announced in the wee hours of 2 May, conveys a dangerous portent to the Indian strategic establishment at a time when the ongoing Chinese incursion in Depsang Valley of Ladakh has already entered its third week

China’s Ladakh incursion is war minus the shooting

To the extent that Chinese troops are still in notionally Indian territory and are looking to extract a price for their withdrawal, China is looking to expand its sovereignty map - without firing a single shot.

Unanswered questions on China’s Ladakh incursion

India is in no mood to escalate the situation despite the Chinese provocation and the Indian efforts are geared to finding an amicable resolution to the standoff.

China sticks to its stand; says no incursion by its troops

Ignoring India's demand to revert to a status-quo in Depsang Valley, China today firmly stuck to its stand that its troops have not violated the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Ladakh region.