Yao Yunzhu
Retired Major General, Chinese People’s Liberation Army
US-CHINA FOCUS - Jul 31 , 2017
The standoff between Chinese and Indian soldiers on a remote
Himalayan plateau entered well into its 2nd month. The Chinese foreign
ministry spokesmen delivered one strong wording statement after another,
calling for the withdrawal of the Indian troops and warning against
miscalculations and unrealistic illusions of the Indian side. The
Chinese Defense Ministry spokesmen stressed the resolution of the
People’s liberation Army to defend China’s territory, and declared
military measures in response to the recent developments. Such strong
response from the Chinese government has been rare. The India
government, on the other hand, seemed to take the standoff as one of the
reoccurring border skirmishes and thought it would come to pass as time
goes on. India's Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar commented in his
lecture in Singapore on July 11 that India and China could manage their
differences that had arisen from time to time over their contested
border.
However, the strong response from the Chinese government indicates
that there is something different, which is more provocative and
intolerable than before.
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