Dokhlam Standoff 2.0 : PLA Troops Re-deploy (Oct 2017)

[pankaj nema]

Gen Rawat is great, but was Lt Gen Bakshi superceded just for Op All Out? I'm pretty sure that Lt.Gen Bakshi was capable of doing that too. Unless Gen Rawat was picked for planning another '71 type event or even a small-scale incursion, superceding Lt.Gen Bakshi makes no sense. lets see

That is Right

If an opportunity arises ; The Govt will use it fully

They did not want a General who would make last minute excuses ; so we have to be fully prepared

In 2018 ; something will happen

 

[Indian Sniper.001]

Gen Rawat is great, but was Lt Gen Bakshi superceded just for Op All Out? I'm pretty sure that Lt.Gen Bakshi was capable of doing that too. Unless Gen Rawat was picked for planning another '71 type event or even a small-scale incursion, superceding Lt.Gen Bakshi makes no sense. lets see

Gen Rawat has experience in NE too. Gen Rawat has the highest badge's as a general till date if I am not wrong. Gen Rawat was picked because of his offense tactics which is the need of the day, not that Lt Gen Bakshi incapable, but it was a decision after considering all parameters required for playing out how the govt. has planned.

 

[Villager]

In first winter stay, 1,800 Chinese troops camping at Doklam

HIGHLIGHTS

• Presence of Chinese troops perpetuated with construction of two helipads, upgraded roads, scores of pre-fabricated huts, shelters and stores
• China is keen to usurp Doklam to add strategic depth to its narrow Chumbi Valley, which juts in between Sikkim and Bhutan

NEW DELHI: Around 1,600-1,800 Chinese troops have now virtually established a permanent presence in the Sikkim-Bhutan-Tibet trijunction, with the construction of two helipads, upgraded roads, scores of pre-fabricated huts, shelters and stores to withstand the freezing winter in the high-altitude region.

Indian security establishment sources said while India "achieved its strategic objective" of not letting China extend its existing road in Doklam (or the Dolam plateau) southwards towards the Jampheri ridge, the fallout has been "the almost permanent stationing of People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops in the region ".

"Earlier, PLA patrols would come to Doklam, which is disputed between China and Bhutan, between April-May and October-November every year to mark their presence and lay claim to the area before going back," said a source.

"Now, after the 73-day eyeball-to-eyeball troop confrontation at Doklam between India and China ended on August 28, the PLA troops have stayed put in what we consider to be Bhutanese territory for the first time this winter. But the status quo prevails at the earlier face-off site," he added.

This fits in with what the Army chief, General Bipin Rawat, meant when he warned in September that China would continue with its efforts to nibble away disputed territories through "salami slicing", muscle-flexing and other measures. With Indian troops deployed in tactically dominating positions in the trijunction region, China is keen to usurp Doklam to add strategic depth to its narrow Chumbi Valley, which juts in between Sikkim and Bhutan.

There has been relative calm at the face-off site in Doklam, with the rival troops separated by a distance of well over 500 metres, but both India and China continue to maintain stepped-up force levels along the Line of Actual Control. Apart from constructing accommodation for troops and helipads, China has also upgraded its existing motorable road in Doklam around 10 km north and east of the earlier face-off site. "But the PLA has not undertaken any fresh road construction activity southwards towards the Jampheri ridge," said a source.

Chinese President Xi Jinping further consolidated his power through the 19th congress of the Chinese Communist Party in October with a second five-year term and elevation to the status of party founder Mao Zedong and his successor, Deng Xiaoping. "We will have to wait and watch how things develop in the months ahead," the source added.

 

[Hindustani78]

http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/ssb-increased-strength-after-dokalam-rajnath/517855.html


New Delhi, December 23

Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said that the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) has strengthened itself by creating more Border Outposts (BOP) after the Dokalam standoff with China.

Addressing the border guarding force during its 54th anniversary parade here, the minister said the SSB not only guards India's border with Nepal and Bhutan, it also takes care that friendly relations with these neighbouring countries do not sour.

"The past year has been tremendous for the force. The SSB has increased its strength after the Dokalam standoff with China, by creating more border outposts near Sikkim and Bhutan border," Singh said.

He also lauded the force for its counter insurgency operations and anti-Naxal operations.

"People living near border areas should be considered as strategic assets of India. The force takes care of them by organising several events which is appreciated," he said.

When asked about confidence building measures with neighbouring countries, Singh said, "Confidence building measures are a continuing and ongoing process. It is always on and should be always on." PTI

 

[Hindustani78]

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/650596/india-should-control-its-border.html

Press Trust of India, Beijing, Dec 28 2017, 18:23 IST

Chinese Defence Spokesman Col Ren Guoqiang said the highlights of his country's international military cooperation in 2017 included handling 'hotspot issues' like Doklam. File photo

Highlighting the Doklam standoff as its major achievement of international cooperation this year, the Chinese military today said India should "strictly control" its troops and implement border agreements to maintain peace and stability along the border.

Chinese Defence Spokesman Col Ren Guoqiang said the highlights of his country's international military cooperation in 2017 included handling 'hotspot issues' like Doklam.

This year, under the unified deployment, the military has "resolutely" safeguarded China's sovereignty and security interests, Col Ren told media here.

The Chinese military has "played its due role in the handling of the hotspot issues such as the Sino-Indian confrontation in the Donglang (Doklam) area and safeguarded the China's rights and interests in the South China Sea," he said in response to a question.

The Doklam standoff began on June 16 after the People's Liberation Army (PLA) began building a road in area claimed by Bhutan. The Indian troops intervened to stop the road as it posed a security risk to Chicken Neck, the narrow corridor connecting India with its north-eastern states.

The standoff ended on August 28 following a mutual agreement under which China stopped the construction of the road and India withdrew its troops.

The 3,488-km-long Line of Actual Control between India and China covers from Jammu and Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh.

When asked how Chinese military view its relations with its Indian counterpart in 2018 in the backdrop of the Doklam standoff, Col Ren said India should implement the border agreements and control its troops.

"We hope the Indian side can earnestly implement the relevant agreements reached between the two sides on the border issue and strictly control its border defence troops and do more for the positive development of China-India military-to-military relationship," he said.

During the border talks, the first since the 73-day-long military standoff in Doklam, in Delhi on December 22 between National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Chinese State Councillor Yang Jiechi, both sides stressed the importance of maintaining peace and stability along the border, Ren said.

"As far as we know both sides have agreed that it is important to maintain peace stability along India-China border and create favourable conditions for further development of bilateral relationship, which has provided a good environment and good momentum for the continued enhancement of China and India relationship," he said.

In terms of China and India military-to-military relationship, it is important to have strategic communication and push forward healthy development of ties between the two militaries, Col Ren said.

"We hope Indian side walk towards the same direction as the Chinese side and both sides can push forward the development of the relationship and jointly maintain the peace and stability along the China-India border which is in the interest of both sides," he said.

About a recent incident in which an Indian drone crashed on the Chinese side in the Sikkim sector, Col Ren declined to reveal details and whether the parts of the drone recovered by Chinese troops have been handed back to India.

"It is our position that India should have learnt lesson from the incident," he said.

On December 7, China had lodged a diplomatic protest with India claiming that an Indian drone has "intruded" into its airspace and crashed in the Sikkim section of the border which included Doklam.

India has clarified that the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle had developed a technical snag and asked China to return it.

 

[Hindustani78]

Google Maps image locates Upper Siang district in Arunachal Pradesh.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...adesh-china/article22359758.ece?homepage=true

Beijing’s response comes after a media report said that Chinese troops intruded into Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh close to a village in Upper Siang district.

China on January 3 said it had “never acknowledged” the existence of Arunachal Pradesh as it kept mum over a media report that its troops intruded into the Indian side of the border in the frontier State.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang’s response came after a media report said that Chinese troops intruded into the Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh for about 200m close to a village in Upper Siang district.

“First of all on the border issue our position is clear and consistent. We never acknowledged the existence of so called Arunachal Pradesh,” Mr. Geng told a media briefing. “For the specific situation you mentioned, I am not aware of it.”

China claims Arunachal Pradesh is part of South Tibet.

The India-China border dispute covered 3,488 km along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

According to the report, the Chinese troops who reportedly crossed over with the construction machinery in December 2017 were stopped by Indian soldiers. The Chinese troops reportedly left the construction equipment behind.

“I want to mention that between China and India there is a well-developed mechanism for border related affairs. Through this mechanism, China and India could manage the border affairs. Maintaining peace and stability at the border suits both China and India,” he said.

Asked whether there is another standoff between India and China similar to the one in Dokalam area, Mr. Geng said the “standoff which happened last year has been resolved properly”.

The Chinese intrusion in Arunachal Pradesh reportedly took place around the same when National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi held the 20th round of border talks in New Delhi on December 22, 2017, the report said.

“Both sides made clear that the two countries will work together for the continuous improvement of China-India ties. The two sides will jointly maintain peace stability of the border areas,” Mr. Geng said on the outcome of the latest border talks.

The Dokalam standoff began on June 16, 2017 after the People’s Liberation Army’s troops began building a road in an area claimed by Bhutan. The Indian troops intervened to stop it, saying it posed a security risk to the Chicken Neck, the narrow corridor connecting India with its northeastern States. The standoff ended on August 28 following mutual agreement under which China stopped the road building and India withdrew its troops.

 

[nimo_cn]

PLA's original plan was only to build the road, until indian army intervened. during the standoff, PLA started the construction of permanent facilities just in case the standoff was gonna last forever.

 

[Hindustani78]

http://indianexpress.com/article/in...le-solution-to-boundary-dispute-govt-5010531/

India and China are committed to seeking a fair and mutually acceptable solution to the boundary dispute through negotiations, the government said today when asked whether a “high degree of mistrust” prevails between India and its neighbours mainly due to border issues.

In a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh gave a detailed response on India’s border disputes with neighbouring countries, including Pakistan.

Singh said there was no question of a “high degree of mistrust” mainly due to border disputes with Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and Sri Lanka and the issue was also not applicable in case of Nepal.

Singh said as far as China is concerned, the two countries have agreed to appoint Special Representatives to explore the framework for a boundary settlement from the political perspective of the overall bilateral relationship.

He also noted that the 20th round of the Special Representatives-level talks were held here on December 22, 2017.

The minister said that Pakistan has launched attacks on India in 1948, 1965, 1971 and 1999.

“Pakistan also supported insurgency and terrorism in the State of Jammu and Kashmir and also aids and abets cross-border terrorism targeted against India which endangers security and stability not only of India but of the entire region. Pakistan covets territory of J-K which is an integral part of India,” he asserted.

The minister’s reply was to a question posed by senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge about the details of border disputes between India and its neighbouring countries, including China and Pakistan, and also whether a “high degree of mistrust” continues between India and its neighbours mainly due to border disputes.

Singh also said that the government’s consistent policy has been that it desires good neighbourly relations with Pakistan. “However, this necessarily requires an environment free from terror, hostility and violence.”

Government desires good-neighbourly relations with Pakistan and it is for Pakistan to honour its publicly stated commitment not to allow any territory under its control to be used against India in any manner and take effective and credible action to put an end to cross border terrorism, he said.

 

[Hindustani78]

PLA's original plan was only to build the road, until indian army intervened. during the standoff, PLA started the construction of permanent facilities just in case the standoff was gonna last forever.

This is real reason for mistrust .

The Chinese intrusion in Arunachal Pradesh reportedly took place around the same when National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi held the 20th round of border talks in New Delhi on December 22, 2017, the report said.

 

[Hindustani78]

Written by Samudra Gupta Kashyap , Sushant Singh | New Delhi/guwahati | Updated: January 3, 2018 11:01 pm

According to sources, the Chinese track construction party was building a 12-feet wide, 1-km long track inside Indian territory. (Expres photo by Sandip Daundkar)

http://indianexpress.com/article/in...t-to-build-track-in-arunachal-doklam-5010552/


Indian forces foil Chinese attempt to build track in Arunachal

The Chinese track construction was first observed by residents of the area, who informed the ITBP. The ITBP and Army sent a joint patrol on December 28, which asked the Chinese workers to return to their territory.


MONTHS AFTER the two countries de-escalated from a standoff at Doklam on the Sikkim-Bhutan border, the Indian Army and Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) have foiled a Chinese attempt to build a track on the Indian side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Tuting area of Arunachal Pradesh.

While the Chinese workers were told to return to their side of the LAC, their road construction equipment was seized. Sources, however, denied a Doklam-like eyeball-to-eyeball face-off between the two sides at the construction site on the LAC, and said there was no direct contact between Indian and Chinese soldiers during the incident.

Sources in Arunachal Pradesh told The Indian Express that the incident occurred on December 26, when a Chinese civilian track construction party, unaccompanied by any soldiers, crossed into the Indian side of the LAC, near Bishing in Tuting area of Arunachal Pradesh. This area near Kapang La is where Siang river crosses from Tibet to Arunachal Pradesh, but the Chinese workers did not cross the river.

The Chinese track construction, sources said, was first observed by residents of the area, who informed the ITBP. The ITBP and Army sent a joint patrol on December 28, which asked the Chinese workers to return to their territory. Their construction equipment, which included two JCBs and a water bowser, was seized – the tyres were deflated and the chains of the JCBs were removed. The area has been barricaded, and is being jointly manned by the ITBP and Army.

Official sources the issue is being resolved through established coordination mechanisms between the two countries. They, however, refused to give any time-frame for returning the Chinese equipment.

According to sources, the Chinese track construction party was building a 12-feet wide, 1-km long track inside Indian territory. Because of the curved nature of tracks in mountain areas, it meant that the Chinese were nearly 400 metres inside Arunachal Pradesh.

Although Bishing falls on the disputed LAC, it is not an area which witnesses Chinese incursions or clashes with Indian patrols. While this remote area, at an altitude of over 12,000 feet, is manned by the ITBP, the track construction activity took place about 2 km away from the nearest ITBP post.

It is unusual for the Chinese to undertake track construction in the area, more so during winter months. A senior official, however, told The Indian Express that this incident is “nothing out of the ordinary since perceptions of LAC differ. Our stance is that status quo cannot be altered unilaterally. Mere initiation of such unilateral activity in proximity of LAC by the Chinese is violently objected to.”

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http://www.hindustantimes.com/india...d-equipment/story-pgCNQJ7XFDxEIzFGJC7SOK.html

China’s latest incursion, which comes four months after the two nuclear-armed neighbours ended a tense border standoff at Doklam is a rare one for this time of the year.
india Updated: Jan 03, 2018 07:24 IST

Rahul Karmakar and Rajesh Ahuja
Hindustan Times, Guwahati/New Delhi

Chinese soldiers with road-building machines crossed up to 200 metres into Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh in late December, almost reaching a border village in the Upper Siang district before Indian troops stopped them, locals in the border state said.

People in the security establishment confirmed the development to Hindustan Times on Tuesday.

China’s latest incursion, which comes four months after the two nuclear-armed neighbours ended a tense border standoff at Doklam, a largely uninhabited plateau near the strategic India-Bhutan-China tri-junction, is a rare one for this time of the year. The Chinese rarely launch incursions in winter.

One of the people in the security establishment said that there is “no face-off now” but that the “Chinese have left their road construction material on the site”.

“The Chinese have increased their road construction activities in the area in recent past,” added this person, who asked not to be identified.

Locals say Indian security personnel intercepted the Chinese troops near Bising village (under Tuting subdivision), along the eastern bank of Siang river.

According to them, Indian soldiers confronted their Chinese counterparts and seized their road construction machines including two excavators.Some of the locals said they are not being allowed to go beyond Geling village, the next administrative circle after Tuting town and towards the border with China.

HT has learnt that the incursion took place around a week to 10 days ago, almost coinciding with a meeting of the special representatives of India and China in New Delhi. The two representatives, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Member of Politburo of Communist Party of China’s Central Committee Yang Jiechi, on December 22, stressed the need to resolve border differences at the earliest and discussed confidence-building measures to ensure peace.

Duli Kamduk, the deputy commissioner of Upper Siang said: “Our officials in Tuting subdivision have not reported any Chinese incursion. There is no word from the armed forces too.”

The army spokesperson did not respond to queries on its version of the happenings. Army officials in the Northeast said any denial or confirmation of the incident was in the domain of the army headquarters.

“The government’s lethargy in developing roads and bridges in Arunachal Pradesh is encouraging China to occupy Indian land as they have already built a two-lane road to the border at many points,” said Vijay Taram, a lawyer and green activist based in Pasighat, headquarters of the East Siang district.

The 73-day Doklam standoff began after the Indian Army asked China to halt road construction in Bhutanese territory. It ended on August 28 after both sides agreed to pull back their troops and China halted road construction.

During the Doval-Yang meeting, the two countries underlined the need to resolve their differences with due respect for each other’s “sensitivities, concerns and aspirations.” That dialogue marked the 20th round of talks between the special representatives to find a solution to the intractable boundary row between the two countries.

 

[Kalki_2018]

Its time to reverse the trend and keep pushing inside aksai chin and reclaim it. Move a few brahmos and pralays into the area and keep pushing inch by inch.

 

[Hindustani78]

A Chinese soldier stands guard on the Chinese side of the ancient Nathu La border crossing between India and China. (AFP File Photo)

http://www.hindustantimes.com/india...ks-congress/story-Bf51l29HVP8ATdZhpHzb9K.html

Attacking the Centre over China’s reported attempt to build a road in the Tuting area of Arunachal Pradesh, the Congress on Thursday said it happened due to “intelligence failure” and asked if New Delhi had granted a “franchise” to Beijing to construct roads.

Congress spokesperson Tom Vadakkan wondered what defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman and home minister Rajnath Singh were doing when China “reportedly built 1.3-km-long road in the Indian territory”.

“It was an attempt by China to foster Doklam 2.0,” he said.

On a sarcastic note, he asked if the government had granted a franchise to China to construct road in India.

“My simple question to the Government of India is have they granted a franchise to the Chinese government to build roads in India, in our territory? Why is this happening?

“What was our intelligence doing? What were our defence minister, home minister doing? It’s total intelligence failure,” he told reporters.

Vadakkan suggested relaxing a Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) criteria that a village with a population of at least 100 can have a government-built road.

“Bishing, the village where China reportedly constructed the road, has 16 households and a population of 54, which is why there is no road there,” he said.

“The Congress wants to give a positive suggestion to the government. Taking in account national security, PMGSY norms for remote areas should be relaxed and roads must be built to prevent such cases in the future,” he added.

Vadakkan alleged that “false bravado, chest thumping and TV studio warfare” were the tools the Modi government employed to manage headlines when it came to critical issues of national security.

“The Modi government has displayed a heedless, incautious and short-sighted attitude, when it comes to such issues of national security...National security is being ignored,” he alleged.

Vadakkan cited the alleged rise in the number of Chinese transgressions into the Indian side of the Line of Actual Control, scrapping of a Rs 32,000-crore project to build 12 advanced minesweepers and nuclear submarine INS Arihant reportedly suffering major damage due to “human error” to drive his point home.

“The defence minister should clarify the factual matrix on INS Arihant and when will it be operational again. Shockingly, its absence from operations came to the Modi government’s attention during the Doklam standoff.

 

[Hindustani78]

Army Chief General Bipin Rawat at the inauguration of DRDO Workshop and Exhibition of CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear) Defence Technologies, in New Delhi on Friday. | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena

http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...-with-china/article22429098.ece?homepage=true
Gen Rawat said the troop strength has gone down recently either due to the winter or because they wanted to de-escalate.

India had to intervene in Bhutanese territory in Doklam as China was trying to change the status quo by constructing a road, Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat said on Friday. He called for a multi-pronged approach to deal with an assertive China which includes diplomatic, military and partnerships with other countries in the region.

“We understand China is a powerful country, but we are not a weak nation… Dealing with China is a whole of Government approach. Diplomatic engagement with China is happening well… Focus has to shift to the northern borders, for too long we have focused on Western borders. We should start preparing for the next kind of warfare which are cyber and space,” Gen Rawat said addressing the annual press conference ahead of Army Day.

Gen Rawat called for consistent focus on the neighbourhood as part of building partnerships with like-minded countries.

“We are not getting into alliances but we are seeking support of other group of nations in the region so that we are not isolated against an assertive China. We are looking at diplomatic, military and partnering with countries in the region. We cannot let our neighbourhood drift away from us,” he observed.

Doklam

Gen Rawat said China had been constructing roads in north Doklam for many years and last June they came with large amount of equipment and soldiers, forcing India to intervene on behalf of Bhutan. He said as India intervened in the territory of another country, the Ministry of External Affairs was made the sole spokesperson to avoid confusion.

“Our impression was they looked like changing the status quo. With China we have an agreement to not change status quo... This was a change of status quo by bringing the road down, so we intervened,” he said.

''The troop strength has gone down recently either due to winter or because they wanted to de-escalate.Tents and observation posts remain, a lot of which are temporary structures. We have seen a reduction in manpower. They may come back here after winter or somewhere else. Should they come again, we will see what to do,” he stated.

Gen. Rawat stressed on the border mechanisms for resolving any issues on the ground and pointed out that diplomatic efforts, and border demarcation talks between Bhutan and China were on.

Army to set up premier schools

On the issue of capping tuition fees for children of disabled soldiers and those killed in the line of duty, Gen Rawat said the Army would set up premier educational institutions to educate them.

He said some people were misusing the facility due to which the Government decided to impose a cap of ₹ 10,000 per year for a student. Following the Army appealed that genuine students were also being affected.

“The Government asked us to come out with the new framework for this policy to be reassigned. We said that we run such premier institutes. We got in principle sanction for such schools… It will take 3-4 years. I am confident this problem will soon be overcome. Till then those genuinely effected we will take care of them,” he added.

One school will come up in Pathankot where there is a large military fraternity and the second would come up wither in Central or South India either in Bhopal or Secunderabad.

 

[Hindustani78]

People's Liberation Army (PLA) officers participate in the flag-raising ceremony at Tian'anmen Square on January 1, 2018 in Beijing, China. PLA guarded national flag and held the flag-raising ceremony at Tian'anmen Square for the first time on Jan 1. | Photo Credit: Getty Images

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The drills assumed significance as potential military conflicts in plateau regions have been on the rise since the border friction with India last year, the official said.

All wings of the Chinese military have stepped up drills at home and abroad focusing their training on the plateau region post Dokalam, the official media reported on Friday.

The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has been executing military training instructions issued by President Xi Jinping on January 3 by conducting drills at home and abroad involving its ground forces, Navy, Air Force, rocket (missile) force and armed police, it said.

The People’s Liberation Army’s official media cautioned the troops on Thursday of imminent threats and to avoid complacency. The drills included by the Chinese navy at Djibouti base in the Indian Ocean, which was officially stated to be a logistics base.

The PLA Daily, official mouthpiece of the 2.3 million strong military, said China’s most advanced military aircraft including the J-20 stealth fighter jet, the Y-20 transport aircraft, the H-6k bomber, and the J-16, J-11B J-10C fighter jets have all conducted training exercises since the beginning of 2018.

The J-20 is conducting air combat training with other fighter planes including the J-16. The J-20 is also practising beyond-visual-range air combat, and other aircraft, including the Y-20 and the J-10C, are training at unspecified airports on a “plateau region” in order to improve their capability in long-range military transport and air combat, the PLA Daily reported.

The “plateau region” refers to the Tibetan plateau which covered a long Line of Actual Control (LAC) between India and China.

“India’s ground force has some advantages in quantity in the border areas, so if conflict happens, China’s air force needs to seize domination of the skies and immediately create an overwhelming advantage for China,” a retired PLA officer who used to serve in the air force and asked not to be identified, was quoted as saying by the Global Times.

“So increasing military training in the plateau region is highly necessary,” he said.

The drills assumed significance as potential military conflicts in plateau regions have been on the rise since the border friction with India last year, the official said.

China and India were engaged in a 73-day tense standoff at Dokalam in the Sikkim sector which ended on August 28.

The report highlighted a potential military conflict between India and China in the backdrop of hectic parleys between the two countries to improve relations.

This included Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi holding talks with top Indian officials on the sidelines of Russia, India and China meeting at New Delhi last month followed by the 20th round of border talks there between National Security Advisor Ajit Doval during which both sides agreed to make efforts to restore peace and stability along the LAC.

Modern Navy, a WeChat public account run by the PLA Navy, reported on Wednesday that the PLA Marine Corps stationed in China’s first overseas logistic base in Djibouti conducted a series of combat training missions including “countering reconnaissance from hostile aircraft, encountering combat in a desert, and tracking and annihilating terrorists“.

Experts said the possibility of military conflict around China has increased in recent years, the PLA Daily said.

“In regions like the Korean Peninsula, China-India border area and the Taiwan Straits, the PLA needs to be prepared for all possibilities. Our overseas interests in regions like Africa and the Middle East are also under threat due to local instability,” Xu Guangyu, a retired major general and senior adviser of the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association told the daily.

 

[Hindustani78]

Indian Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat during an interview with PTI at his residence in New Delhi on Saturday. | Photo Credit: PTI

http://www.thehindu.com/news/intern...n-consensus/article22443634.ece?homepage=true

He underscored that in September, the leaders of India and China reached some important consensus on properly handling the differences and promote China-India relations.

China on Monday slammed comments by the Chief of Army Staff Bipin Rawat as “unconstructive,” and said his remarks did not conform to the spirit of September talks in Xiamen between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

During last week’s press conference, Gen. Rawat had said that India needed to shift its military focus from its western border with Pakistan to its northern border with China. He had also observed that if China was strong, India was not weak either.

Besides, Gen. Rawat had highlighted the possibility of the return of Chinese troops to Doklam — an area that was the scene of a tense 73-day standoff between Indian and Chinese troops last year.

“During the past one year, relations between China and India witnessed some twists and turns,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said in response to a question.

He underscored that in September, the leaders of India and China reached some important consensus on properly handling the differences and promote China-India relations.

“Recently, two sides enhanced dialogue on consultations, and bilateral relations have shown sound momentum of improvement and development,” he said, in an obvious reference to the visit to India by the Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi and State Councilor and Politburo member Yang Jeichi.

“Under such background, the unconstructive remarks by the Indian senior officials not only go against the consensus reached by the two heads of state, and do not conform to the efforts made by the two sides to improve and develop bilateral relations.” He added: “It cannot help to preserve tranquility and peace in the border areas.”

When asked to spell out any specific remark of Gen. Rawat that had irked China, Mr. Lu said: “I have made myself clear. If the senior official according to the report referred to Donglang (Doklam), I think you are clear about our position - Donglang belongs to China and has always been in the effective jurisdiction of China.”

“The China border troops patrolling and stationed in the area are exercising our sovereignty rights. We hope the Indian side has learned the lessons of history and will avoid similar accidents to take place again,” Mr. Lu observed.

He added: “If he refers to the situation in the whole India-China boundary, I have also said that last September the two heads of state have reached important consensus during the Xiamen summit. Both sides have maintained effective communication since then.”

“The aim is to enhance strategic mutual trust and create enabling atmosphere for strategic communication. Recently the bilateral relations have shown positive momentum.”

But the remarks of the Indian official “go against the consensus of the states and do not conform to the general trend of improvement of bilateral relations”.

“We believe such kinds of remarks are not conducive to maintaining peace and tranquility in border areas.”

 

[captscooby81]

So these chinese are back ?? or they never moved out of doklam constructed observation post and moved mech brigade ...Are we going to see a prolonged action in the eastern front now similar to the west ...

 

[pankaj nema]

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https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/wil...aggressive-china-after-satellite-pics-1802180

Will Build Doklam Infrastructure, Says Aggressive China After Satellite Pics

Although, the army is aware of China's expansion activities in the region post-Doklam standoff, they don't see it as "serious trouble". The forces are prepared for any exigency, army chief General Bipin Rawat said

All India | Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Updated: January 19, 2018 16:36 IST

full-fledged Chinese military complex being built within Doklam, but India maintained that status quo has not been altered in Doklam, where Indian and Chinese troops were locked in a stand-off for over two months last year.

"Our attention has been drawn to some reports that question the accuracy of the position stated by the government in respect to the situation in Doklam," Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said.

Almost five months after India and China ended a 70-day standoff in Doklam or Doka La that lies to the east of Sikkim, the latest images show massive structures in Doklam, as close as 81 metres to the point of face-off between Indian and Chinese troops.

"I don't know who offers such kind of photos. I don't know the detailed information," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said, according to news agency IANS.

Indian soldiers had stopped the Chinese army from constructing a new road in the remote Doklam in mid-June, saying it would give China access to a strategically crucial narrow strip of land or "Chicken's Neck" that links it to its northeastern states.


China had retaliated, insisting that it has every right to build roads on its territory, but later the two countries agreed to "disengage" their troops in late August, just ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to China for the high-profile BRICS summit.

News reports, however, suggested that China continued to build extensive Chinese infrastructure in the tiny Doklam Plateau.

"You must be quite clear. Donglong (Doklam) always belonged to China and is always under China's effective jurisdiction. There is no dispute in this regard," Lu said.

He added, "China is exercising its sovereignty in its own territory. It's legitimate and justified. Just as China will not make comments about Indian construction of infrastructure on India's territory, we hope other countries will not make comment on China's construction of infrastructure on its territory."

However, the army, which is aware of China's expansion activities in the region post-Doklam standoff, doesn't see this as "serious trouble". The forces are prepared for any exigency, army chief General Bipin Rawat said.

"They have carried out some infrastructure development, most of it is temporary in nature. But while their troops may have returned and the infrastructure remains, it is any body's guess whether they would come back there, or it is because of the winter they could not take their equipment away," General Rawat said.

In case they come back, we will face them, he added.

 

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https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/wil...aggressive-china-after-satellite-pics-1802180

Will Build Doklam Infrastructure, Says Aggressive China After Satellite Pics

Although, the army is aware of China's expansion activities in the region post-Doklam standoff, they don't see it as "serious trouble". The forces are prepared for any exigency, army chief General Bipin Rawat said

All India | Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Updated: January 19, 2018 16:36 IST

full-fledged Chinese military complex being built within Doklam, but India maintained that status quo has not been altered in Doklam, where Indian and Chinese troops were locked in a stand-off for over two months last year.

"Our attention has been drawn to some reports that question the accuracy of the position stated by the government in respect to the situation in Doklam," Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said.

Almost five months after India and China ended a 70-day standoff in Doklam or Doka La that lies to the east of Sikkim, the latest images show massive structures in Doklam, as close as 81 metres to the point of face-off between Indian and Chinese troops.

"I don't know who offers such kind of photos. I don't know the detailed information," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said, according to news agency IANS.

Indian soldiers had stopped the Chinese army from constructing a new road in the remote Doklam in mid-June, saying it would give China access to a strategically crucial narrow strip of land or "Chicken's Neck" that links it to its northeastern states.


China had retaliated, insisting that it has every right to build roads on its territory, but later the two countries agreed to "disengage" their troops in late August, just ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to China for the high-profile BRICS summit.

News reports, however, suggested that China continued to build extensive Chinese infrastructure in the tiny Doklam Plateau.

"You must be quite clear. Donglong (Doklam) always belonged to China and is always under China's effective jurisdiction. There is no dispute in this regard," Lu said.

He added, "China is exercising its sovereignty in its own territory. It's legitimate and justified. Just as China will not make comments about Indian construction of infrastructure on India's territory, we hope other countries will not make comment on China's construction of infrastructure on its territory."

However, the army, which is aware of China's expansion activities in the region post-Doklam standoff, doesn't see this as "serious trouble". The forces are prepared for any exigency, army chief General Bipin Rawat said.

"They have carried out some infrastructure development, most of it is temporary in nature. But while their troops may have returned and the infrastructure remains, it is any body's guess whether they would come back there, or it is because of the winter they could not take their equipment away," General Rawat said.

In case they come back, we will face them, he added.

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