News Snapshot:
S ince the start of the standoff in Ladakh in April 2020, Indian and Chinese troops have been engaged in a high-stakes scenario that involves control over a long, disputed territory between the two countries. India’s claim over these territories has been much more comprehensively documented, both legally and historically. Despite a host of ‘peace and tranquillity agreements’ signed over the last three decades, and strategic directives at Wuhan and Mamallapuram, the Chinese converted their exercise deployments to real ones and ingressed into a number of Indian areas. Shocked by this, India mirrored the Chinese deployment in strength and equipment...