Tag: Ladakh

JKWP president Mir Junaid condemns Chinese aggression in Ladakh
30Jun By Yusara AskariNo Comments
Asia

JKWP president Mir Junaid condemns Chinese aggression in Ladakh

Strongly rejecting China’s remarks on Ladakh’s Galwan Valley and condemning Chinese aggression, Jammu Kashmir Workers Party president Mir Junaid said that the whole union territory Ladakh “has been, is and shall continue” to be an integral part of India.“India is well prepared to tackle any misadventure,” Junaid said on the recent escalation in which at least 20 Indian soldiers were killed in a clash with Chinese forces in a disputed Himalayan border area.He called the Aksai Chin as part of India and said China has illegally occupied that region."The aggression of the communal state (China) segued into outright violence. Neighboring monarchies began to mobilize against the revolution. Befitting reply will be given if China escalates the situation," Junaid said adding that the illegally occ
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Beijing suffers light casualties in China-India border skirmish but keeps quiet to avoid conflict escalation
30Jun By Joanne SerriehNo Comments
China, Conflict

Beijing suffers light casualties in China-India border skirmish but keeps quiet to avoid conflict escalation

The incident on June 15 in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed and at least 76 injured along the contested border in the western Himalayas was “entirely the responsibility of India”, a spokesman for China’s defence ministry said in a press conference on June 24.Beijing has been reluctant to comment publicly on any casualties from the incident.Sources said that Chinese soldiers received only “light injuries” during the skirmish with Indian soldiers in the Galwan Valley.On June 23, foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian dismissed as “fake news” Indian media reports which claimed 40 Chinese soldiers had been killed.Three separate sources said that only a small number of PLA officers were injured during the brawl. They did not give a definite number, but said China’s casualty count was much l
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Deterrent message to China
30Jun By Stuart WhiteNo Comments
World

Deterrent message to China

No matter what the opposition says, the satellite imagery has shown that what happened at Galwan valley on June 15, was a fairly deep incursion into the Chinese side of the LAC in order to force the demolition of a dam. It was in fact a calculated escalation by the Indian side in 50 years. The picture across the Ladakh front show us three clear but separate actions – aggressive action in Galwan to prevent the weaponisation of water; proactive construction in Gogra to cut off Chinese patrols and a formalization of the status quo in Pangong that has been fait accompli at least since 1999.Most crucial is what happened in Galwan. By June 2, satellite imagery had revealed an obstruction on the Galwan River, 650 to 700 m on the Chinese side of the LAC where the river runs south to the north till
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Time for an assertive force posture against China
26Jun By Stuart WhiteNo Comments
Opinion

Time for an assertive force posture against China

China’s recent intrusions in Galwan Valley and Pangong Tso has once again proved that after years of serious efforts to accommodate or somewhat appease China, India has not yet learned any meaningful lessons about the Chinese strategic mindset. After annexing Tibet, Mao said, Tibet is the palm, and now they must get the five fingers- Ladakh, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and Arunachal Pradesh. However, India's early leadership was perceptive enough to visualize this and act accordingly by warming up to the five fingers. History between India and ChinaIn 1954, India and China signed the Panchsheel agreement or the Five Principles of Peaceful Co-existence. With it, also began India’s implied support to the doctrine of the “One-China” policy. However, Communist Party of China’s expansionist plans co
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China creating multiple fronts to take advantage of world busy combating COVID-19: US official
22Jun By Grace TsoiNo Comments
World

China creating multiple fronts to take advantage of world busy combating COVID-19: US official

China opening multiple fronts like the one on India border maybe because of Beijing’s assessment that the world is distracted due to COVID-19 pandemic and it may advantage of it, a US diplomat said on Thursday.Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, David Stilwell, made this remark at a press conference during a conference call after the Hawaii meeting between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi to exchange views on bilateral relations.Talking about the recent India-China stand-off at Galwan valley in eastern Ladakh area, he said, "...one explanation for creating multiple fronts like this is an assessment in Beijing that the world is distracted and is focused entirely on survival, right, recovering from the corona pandemic, which the
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China feels threatened by India’s infra building in Ladakh, says Gilgit Baltistan activist
21Jun By Yusara AskariNo Comments
Asia

China feels threatened by India’s infra building in Ladakh, says Gilgit Baltistan activist

Political activist Senge H Sering from Gilgit Baltistan has condemned Chinese aggression in Ladakh which recently led to the death of 20 Indian soldiers saying Beijing is feeling threatened by India's infrastructure projects in the Union Territory.Sering, the director of Institute of Gilgit Baltistan Studies said, "India is improving its infrastructure and making its access to Karakoram Pass much easier. That means India will be able to access G219 (China National Highway 219) from Galwan Valley, because it is very close to the watershed of the Galwan River. Then you will be able to cut Tibet from Xinjiang, in case India tries to move forward towards East and North. And you will also be able to cut the Eastern route, the second route of CPEC (China Pakistan Economic Corridor)."His remarks ...
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Beijing should note
21Jun By Stuart WhiteNo Comments
Opinion

Beijing should note

In pushing India to a tipping point, China is close to losing the hard-won trust of the world’s second most populous nation and a large neighbor. Keeping India’s trust, however, might look like a trivial matter to the current Chinese Communist Party leadership. India might be the world’s fifth largest economy, but it is one-fifth the size of China’s and Beijing being acutely sensitive to power differentials, sees an India that is struggling to find an effective response to the Chinese manoeuvre in Ladakh. Of course, Communist China’s disdain is not exclusively for India. Beijing, which once benchmarked itself against Washington, is now contemptuous of the US and more broadly of the West that has found it hard to cope with the COVID crisis and seems at odds with itself.The Chinese Communist
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“An honorable army doesn’t fight with stones, batons, spikes”
20Jun By Yusara AskariNo Comments
Asia

“An honorable army doesn’t fight with stones, batons, spikes”

As India continues its fight against China over a contested boundary, Former Ladakh Corps Commander Lieutenant General Rakesh Sharma (retd) has said that he is ashamed that India has to deal with an army which fights with sticks, batons and spikes.“Mature nations with professional armies do not act this way,” he said.Lt. General Rakesh Sharma said that over the years, there have been incidents of fist-cuffs and fights and it has been gradually rising.“The level has escalated several notches higher in the past month. What happened on June 15 is one more escalation in the new normal,” he said.“There is lot of anguish in the Indian Army about the loss of lives of the commanding officer and men. The position of a commanding officer is sacrosanct. He is the most important person in the entire m
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US should back India after China kills at least 20 Indian troops
19Jun By Stuart WhiteNo Comments
Opinion

US should back India after China kills at least 20 Indian troops

As reports emerged that Chinese troops had killed at least 20 Indian soldiers in the disputed region of Kashmir on the border dividing the world’s two most-populous nations, the list of outrageous actions by China grew even longer.Thanks to the Chinese regime’s increasing aggressiveness, the messy border dispute in one of the most remote and desolate places on Earth has gotten worse.Since the month of May, Chinese forces have been at loggerheads with Indian troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Himalayas. But what had been largely restricted to spontaneous fistfights and rock-throwing has now escalated.Odds are that the confrontation between China and India – both nuclear powers – won’t spin out of control. Still, the U.S. ought to take a stand against China’s increasing bul
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First deadly India-China clash in 45 years: Five things to know
18Jun By Nectar GanNo Comments
Conflict

First deadly India-China clash in 45 years: Five things to know

Weeks of uncertainty and military standoff along the India China border in the western Himalayas took a dangerous turn this week when 20 Indian soldiers were killed on Monday evening in violent clashes.On Wednesday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his country would defend every inch of its territory. "I would like to assure the nation that the sacrifice of our soldiers will not go in vain," Modi said."India wants peace, but is capable of giving a befitting reply if instigated,” he warned.In a phone call on Wednesday with his Chinese counterpart, Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar blamed China for the conflict, saying "the Chinese side sought to erect a structure" in an area in the Galwan valley that India considers its territory."The Chinese side took premeditated and
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