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https://www.thequint.com/india/2017/07/31/chinese-troops-entered-india-through-uttarakhand-for-1-km
Chinese soldiers transgressed into Uttarakhand's Barahoti last week on 25 July at about 9 am.
The soldiers came up to 800m to 1 km into Indian territory, sources have reported.
This comes after heightened tensions between India and China resulting from the Doklam standoff.
Barahoti is a vulnerable area for India and there are unarmed soldiers without any equipment there, said strategic affairs analyst Bramha Chellaney to CNN-News18.
Uttarakhand shouldn’t be looked at as being remote... China could capture a lot of territory in Uttarakhand if they wanted to and march all the way to Delhi. The incursion has opened up a potential corridor to the capital.
Chellaney said that one could intrude 10-20 meters by accident, but coming up to almost a kilometer and going back after almost two hours shows intent.
It’s a signal to the Indian side. China will keep pressurising Indian forces. In the past as well, they have come into the country and demolished Indian structures, including signposts.
On whether the incursion is linked to Doklam or not, Chellaney was of the view that China could be meddling elsewhere to relieve the pressure off of Doklam, but one cannot conclusively state that this incursion was a retaliation to Doklam.
Since China staked claim to Arunachal Pradesh as South Tibet, they have repeatedly tried to enter into India and that the diplomacy the country uses is merely to exert external pressure that’s already being applied on ground by its troops, said Chellaney.
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What is PLA doing on the road to Delhi?
Chinese soldiers transgressed into Uttarakhand's Barahoti last week on 25 July at about 9 am.
The soldiers came up to 800m to 1 km into Indian territory, sources have reported.
This comes after heightened tensions between India and China resulting from the Doklam standoff.
Barahoti is a vulnerable area for India and there are unarmed soldiers without any equipment there, said strategic affairs analyst Bramha Chellaney to CNN-News18.
Uttarakhand shouldn’t be looked at as being remote... China could capture a lot of territory in Uttarakhand if they wanted to and march all the way to Delhi. The incursion has opened up a potential corridor to the capital.
Chellaney said that one could intrude 10-20 meters by accident, but coming up to almost a kilometer and going back after almost two hours shows intent.
It’s a signal to the Indian side. China will keep pressurising Indian forces. In the past as well, they have come into the country and demolished Indian structures, including signposts.
On whether the incursion is linked to Doklam or not, Chellaney was of the view that China could be meddling elsewhere to relieve the pressure off of Doklam, but one cannot conclusively state that this incursion was a retaliation to Doklam.
Since China staked claim to Arunachal Pradesh as South Tibet, they have repeatedly tried to enter into India and that the diplomacy the country uses is merely to exert external pressure that’s already being applied on ground by its troops, said Chellaney.
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What is PLA doing on the road to Delhi?
