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What is the recent Doklam issue?
The 2017 China India border standoff or Doklam standoff refers to the military border standoff between the Indian Armed Forces and the People’s Liberation Army of China over Chinese construction of a road in Doklam near a trijunction border area, known as Donglang, or Donglang Caochang (meaning Donglang pasture or …
When did Doklam issue start?
According to Indian claims, it began on June 16, 2017, when Chinese troops came to the area with equipment to extend a road southward in Doklam, towards the Bhutanese Army camp near the Jampheri Ridge, which according to both Bhutan and India are an integral part of Bhutanese territory.
What are the two countries that lie on the Himalayan border between India and China?
Between those western and eastern extremities lie the two Himalayan countries of Nepal and Bhutan.
Who administers Akashi chin Upsc?
Aksai Chin
| Disputed Territory Other names: Aksayqin | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 35.0°N 79.0°ECoordinates:35.0°N 79.0°E |
| Area | 38,000 km2 (15,000 sq mi) |
| Administered by | |
| China |
Where is the Doklam?
The face-off in Doklam India considers the Doklam plateau as an undisputed part of Bhutanese territory, but China considers it as an extension of its Chumbi valley, the wedge of land that lies between Sikkim and Bhutan. The plateau is approximately 89 square km, with a width of less than 10 km.
What is the importance of Aksai Chin?
Aksai Chin acts as an unmanned Chinese satellite keeping a watch over the Indian’s activities as well as all over Central Asia. Aksai Chin acts as the beacon; a land mass needed to secure its western and south western frontiers. The territory also helps china to check any possible incursion from Central Asia.
What is the current situation at the Ladakh border?
The current military tension is not limited to Ladakh. Soldiers from the two sides are also eyeball-to-eyeball in Nathu La, on the border between China and the north-eastern Indian state of Sikkim. Earlier this month they reportedly came to blows.
What is the India-China border dispute all about?
It suffered a humiliating defeat during the 1962 border conflict with China. India says China occupies 38,000km of its territory. Several rounds of talks in the last three decades have failed to resolve the boundary issues.
Did India and China clash in Ladakh?
China takes a different view, saying it’s India which has changed facts on the ground. Reports in the Indian media said soldiers from the two sides clashed on at least two occasions in Ladakh.
Why are India and China fighting in the Himalayas?
The armies of the world’s two most populous nations are locked in a tense face-off high in the Himalayas, which has the potential to escalate as they seek to further their strategic goals. Officials quoted by the Indian media say thousands of Chinese troops have forced their way into the Galwan valley in Ladakh, in the disputed Kashmir region.