On Tuesday, the Chinese resource Global Times, which is considered the mouthpiece of the Communist party of China, published an article that India and China should remain rational and refrain from escalation of the conflict, but that China must be prepared for all-out confrontation and not be afraid of war with India.
The hustle and bustle
Hong Kong newspaper, South China Morning Post reported that China has deployed to the North of Tibet, tens of thousands of tons of military cargo and as a demonstration of strength held in Tibet live-fire exercises to show that China is not afraid of decisive action.
The Minister of defence of India has warned the Chinese side that India today is not India of 1962, the time of the Sino-Indian war. However, Chinese analysts point out that China has already changed, and upgraded infrastructure (roads and railway lines) allows you to quickly deploy military logistics in case of aggravation of the conflict to a hot phase.
After such publications the press was full of headlines about a possible new war between China and India, and following the teachings of a number of resources, including the Pakistani Dunya News, went to the provocation and even said that China fired missiles for the Indian side, killing 158 of the Indian soldiers. India and China quickly denied these rumors.
Formally, new tensions began in June of this year, when according to the Chinese side, the Indian border guards on 18 June crossed the border with China, almost on the border of China, India and Bhutan.
According to the Indian side, on the contrary, the Chinese June 16, crossed the border c with butane and trying to roadworks destroyed two bunkers placed there by units of the Indian army, after which Indian soldiers had to get up “living wall” at the line of contact, so as not to let the Chinese into the territory.
It was reported that China had warned the Indian side about the work on the extension of the road in the disputed area since June 1 and was extremely surprised at the response of India.
By the way, in order to avoid casualties, the Indian and the Chinese soldiers who directly come into contact with each other at the border, not armed, and confrontations result in cries, his eyes and the tremors of bodies, without punches and kicks.
On a more serious note analysts are trying to understand the reasons that led to such strained relations, not to savor the details of the noisy consequences.
Chinese look
Recent disputes irritation in China called April resolution of the Indian authorities to make a trip to the border areas to the Dalai Lama and the US Ambassador to India that, according to the Chinese, is an attempt to influence the people of Tibet, and the unwillingness of India to support the economic initiative of China “One belt and one road”.
The incident in June of this year have also caused unexpectedly serious reaction of China for the reason that China decided that India is involved in the conflict to a third party Bhutan. In 2013-2014 between India and China had similar incidents on the border of these two States, but this time the party had become another country. This raised fears that India is prepared to go to manipulate other States in the region and use them against China.
Especially since 80-ies between Bhutan and China held more than 20 rounds of negotiations, according to China’s already consensus about the affiliation of the disputed territory, although officially the border and held still. India’s actions “for the protection of Bhutan” throws back the processes of establishing relations of Bhutan and China.
China noted that the Indian side has said about strengthening the border with China and establishment of road infrastructure in recent years, while the decades constructing fortifications along the border, increasing the number of troops and even build a facility outside its boundaries, particularly taking into account the reaction of China. So who is fueling the opposition?
Global Times, a publication which began a new round of hype in the press, and even summed up the cause of the conflict is the total growing economic rivalry between the two huge powers, which results in such forms.
The Indian point of view
On its part, India is extremely concerned that China is gradually improving transport infrastructure and strengthening border districts. According to the Indian side, China is building in the border regions 72 of the road “operational importance” and has completed the construction of 30 of them.
This region has huge strategic importance for India. There are fears that in case of hostilities, China will capture the “chicken neck” (the narrow territory of India between Bangladesh and Nepal with a total length of 23 kilometres) and cut off from India for all its North-Eastern States. Therefore, any overtures of China in this area are accepted in bayonets.
According to Indian experts, just as the world is concerned about territorial claims and the steps of China in the South China and East China seas, China on the sly in the past six years, pushes India out of its zone of strategic interests in South Asia. India believes that China has a political impact on Sri Lanka and Nepal.
India is not like the relationship between China and Pakistan, including military-technical, which can disrupt the balance of power in the region. India is also ready to support Vietnam and go on joint energy projects with Vietnam in the disputed waters to resist the territorial claims of China.
Anyway, few rational experts willing to assume that India and China will have at least some armed clashes on the border. Economic and political power of the two countries in the region is growing, they feel for the levers of influence on each other.
