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Even amidst the military standoff between India and China, which has been going on in eastern Ladakh for almost 18 months, the dragon is not deterring its insidious moves. On the one hand, talks are being held on behalf of China to end the standoff on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with India, on the other hand China is also continuously taking tactical steps to strengthen its claim on the LAC.
US President Joe Biden’s administration has warned India of this fraud of China. The report released by the US Department of Defense on November 3 said that China’s military has gained a lot of real military operation and tactical experience during the standoff with India.
Village built in disputed area of Arunachal
The report clearly states that China has set up a village on the disputed site between the Tibet Autonomous Region and the LAC to strengthen its claim on Arunachal Pradesh. Citizens have been settled in this village by building 100 houses. According to the report, China has established this village in the year 2020 after the standoff between the two countries started in eastern Ladakh.
It has been said in the report that apart from settling this village, China has also built a lot of concrete infrastructure in the areas adjacent to LAC. During this, continuous talks have also been continued from the Chinese side to maintain the status quo on the border.
The first bullet fired after several decades in September, China opened fire on Indians
In the report, there is a special mention of the conflict between the armies of the two countries in the Galwan Valley in June, 2020, in which the soldiers of both the countries lost their lives after several decades. Apart from this, an incident of September 8, 2020 has also been mentioned in the report. In this incident, a patrol team of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China opened fire to warn the Indian Army patrol near Pangong Lake. This was the first incident of firing between the two countries on the LAC after several decades.
Indian officials also admitted that there was a struggle between the armies of both the countries to capture the peaks of Kailash Range on the northern bank of Pangong Lake. Officials also said that during this time too, there was firing from both the sides to warn each other.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has also given indirect threats to India many times.
The pace of talks is slow, both the countries are increasing the armies
The report also expressed concern over the slow pace of talks between the two countries to reduce the standoff. According to the report, due to this slow pace, till June this year, both the countries have increased the deployment of all kinds of military equipment, including heavy weapons, on a large scale near the LAC.
China infiltrated into Indian border: Report
- Chinese army started infiltration in Indian border from May 2020
- Send your army to the disputed places at many places on the LAC
- Army increased to send to the immediate border in Western China
- These troops were increased in Tibet and Xinjiang
- China’s Western Theater Command also heavily deployed on LAC
Diplomatic move to put pressure on India
The report also said that to put pressure on India, China has also been playing a diplomatic trick of making counter allegations. China has accused India of creating tension by increasing infrastructure near the LAC and has tried to answer the heavy deployment of its army on the border.
China doubled defense budget in 10 years. increasing nuclear weapons
The report also warned of China’s continuous increase in nuclear weapons. The report says that it will have 700 nuclear weapons in the next 6 years. The report also compared the defense budget of India and China and said that China is continuously increasing its budget. China has announced its defense budget of around Rs 1,55,32,44,11,00,000 ($209 billion) in 2021, which has doubled in the last 10 years. In comparison, India’s defense budget is only around Rs 48,15,79,99,20,000 ($64.8 billion).
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