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The flareup is over 60km2 of territory on the other side of Kashmir and the CPEC highways, it's not going to have any impact on them. More likely that local for

The flareup is over 60km2 of territory on the other side of Kashmir and the CPEC highways, it's not going to have any impact on them. More likely that local forces got rowdy as infantrymen tend to do and now the higher ups are scrambling to defuse the situation. If this was an actual calculated move to take significant amounts of territory the big guns would be firing by now.

sbmthakur 6y ago
Previous agreements prohibit the use of firearms on the Indo-China border even if troops are carrying them. Have a look at the weapon used by the Chinese troops to figure if the attack was premeditated. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-53089037 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-53089037
screye 6y ago
I've been reading a ton of geopolitical and military experts over the last few weeks, and there is a unanimous consensus that China never makes moves on the border without explicit instructions from the top. Their reaction here has been paired with new movement in the South China Sea, changed messaging through proxy Government (Oli in Nepal and Pakistan at large) and claims over new land that has never been claimed by them before. Xi is using the fallout from Corona as a way to impose China on countries that are distracted by the pandemic as of this time. > If this was an actual calculated move to take significant amounts of territory the big guns would be firing by now. That isn't how China works. They are well know for their salami slicing (https://foreignpolicy.com/2012/08/03/salami-slicing-in-the-south-china-sea/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2012/08/03/salami-slicing-in-the-s...) approach to expansionism. Their current actions are perfectly in line with previous attempts at expanding borders and signaling intent for armed invasion.
- magicsmoke 6y ago
  I'd like to see that list of experts and their reasoning.
- selimthegrim 6y ago
  Since when is Nepal Chinese proxy?
  - newyankee 6y ago
    since the Maoist Govt took hold. Since Chinese promised to pay for all Nepal schools to teach Mandarin which was adopted by a lot of schools. They extended their claims on Mt. Everest. Nepal claimed new territory from India on Chinese pressure in an area which is open border. Nepal is now almost a part of OBOR. Connectivity via Tibet and lure of easy Chinese money.

sbmthakur 6y ago

Previous agreements prohibit the use of firearms on the Indo-China border even if troops are carrying them. Have a look at the weapon used by the Chinese troops to figure if the attack was premeditated. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-53089037 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-53089037

screye 6y ago

I've been reading a ton of geopolitical and military experts over the last few weeks, and there is a unanimous consensus that China never makes moves on the border without explicit instructions from the top. Their reaction here has been paired with new movement in the South China Sea, changed messaging through proxy Government (Oli in Nepal and Pakistan at large) and claims over new land that has never been claimed by them before. Xi is using the fallout from Corona as a way to impose China on countries that are distracted by the pandemic as of this time. > If this was an actual calculated move to take significant amounts of territory the big guns would be firing by now. That isn't how China works. They are well know for their salami slicing (https://foreignpolicy.com/2012/08/03/salami-slicing-in-the-south-china-sea/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2012/08/03/salami-slicing-in-the-s...) approach to expansionism. Their current actions are perfectly in line with previous attempts at expanding borders and signaling intent for armed invasion.

magicsmoke 6y ago
I'd like to see that list of experts and their reasoning.
selimthegrim 6y ago
Since when is Nepal Chinese proxy?
- newyankee 6y ago
  since the Maoist Govt took hold. Since Chinese promised to pay for all Nepal schools to teach Mandarin which was adopted by a lot of schools. They extended their claims on Mt. Everest. Nepal claimed new territory from India on Chinese pressure in an area which is open border. Nepal is now almost a part of OBOR. Connectivity via Tibet and lure of easy Chinese money.