Line of Actual Control

Despite continuing talks between India and China, military preparations clearly are continuing, too.

The highway will enable the People’s Liberation Army to mobilize troops and military equipment faster overland to the Line of Actual Control.

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

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

The Ya’an-Nyingchi rail line will simultaneously bolster China’s control over Tibet as well as serve a military purpose.

Herbs, fungi, musk deer and bears attract local risk-takers looking to make a living.

Indian and Chinese troops will likely continue to face off for the long-haul this winter in Eastern Ladakh.

On the one-year anniversary of India’s reorganization of Kashmir, China reiterates its opposition.

Talk of a “Tibet card” in India’s hands is not new, but is New Delhi likely to play it?

Beyond capturing border territories and changing narratives, China wants to reshape global governance. New Delhi and the world must realize this.

China’s fait accompli in Eastern Ladakh has disintegrated more than two decades of bilateral mechanisms and understandings.