2020 Ladakh standoff

A PLA Daily article noted that two officers and three soldiers have received military honors for their performance during the June 15 clash – four of them posthumously.

Rajnath Singh’s speech at the upper house of the Indian parliament described a plan to create a buffer zone in the north bank of Pangong Lake.

If the PLA statement and media reports hold, the disengagement would mark a first, crucial step toward ending the nine-month standoff in Ladakh.

V.K. Singh’s statement is likely to complicate New Delhi’s negotiating stance when it comes to resolving the Ladakh crisis.

In the larger scheme of things, the eastern segment of the Line of Actual Control and Arunachal Pradesh are more consequential for both Asian giants than Ladakh.

A January 19 news article by a well-connected Indian journalist calls recent claims to question.

India’s year end defense review explicitly mentions China, an interesting feature given the reluctance of Indian leaders to directly address Beijing at times.

The outgoing Ambassador Kenneth Juster was speaking at a virtual think tank event.

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Absent clear political assessment around the possibility of a large-scale conventional conflict, the Indian armed forces have had to make do with ad hoc measures.

Historical patterns in China’s behavior suggest that Beijing is willing to pick fights in order to stave off external anti-China coalitions.

India also remains concerned about Chinese infrastructure growth and relocation activities across the LAC.