China-India border disputes

The divergence between China and India on border issues was on full display. Nevertheless, Li's visit to New Delhi still holds some positive significance.

After the April 27 meeting between the Indian and Chinese defense ministers, the two sides failed to issue a joint statement -- a telling clue as to how the meeting went. 

Much commentary has focused on how China might apply lessons from the Russia-Ukraine war to Taiwan. But what about the disputed Sino-Indian border?

Chinese views of India are very complicated – but generally based on a sense of superiority and self-confidence.

The Chinese and local government have stepped up plans to settle, develop, and securitize the TAR's disputed border with India.

India’s current security strategies vis-à-vis China are inadequate, but with a deterrence-by-detection strategy, the nation has a chance at maintaining its de facto border.

The clash in late 2022 revealed much about the future direction of Sino-Indian relations.

Following the clash along their disputed border in December, there's little reason for optimism in China-India ties for the new year.

Various Chinese media reports on the Tawang clash suggest that Beijing is determined to accelerate the frequency of border standoffs.

Last week’s clash near Tawang is only the latest along the increasingly tense China-India border. A lack of clarity on where the border lies foments continued trouble.

The already-fraught relationship between China and India is becoming even more tense over Beijing’s plans to build a “super hydropower dam” in Tibet. 

The lingering standoff that began in 2020 reveals how little progress has been made on the border dispute between China and India.