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Pattern of Beijing acting increasingly aggressively disturbing’: US on fresh flare-up between India and China


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Highlights:
  • CCP repressing its own people and bullying its neighbours, said US
  • Border dispute between India and China flared up following a fresh transgression attempt by PLA
  • Indian Army said that PLA tried to change the status quo in Pangong Tso

Washington: Coming down heavily upon China over the recent flare-up with India in Ladakh, the United States has said that the emergence of a clear pattern of Beijing acting increasingly aggressively, both domestically and abroad is disturbing.

A spokesperson to the US Department of State further said that it is closely monitoring it India-China border situation and hoping for a peaceful resolution.

The US State Department accused the Chinese Communist Party of repressing its own people and bullying its neighbours.

“From Taiwan Strait to Xinjiang, the South China Sea to the Himalayas, cyberspace to international organisations, we are dealing with the Chinese Communist Party that seeks to repress its own people and bully its neighbours. The only way to stop these provocations is by standing up to Beijing,” the spokesperson was quoted as saying by ANI.

Fresh border tension between India, China

Earlier on Monday, the Indian Army said that China’s People's Liberation Army conducted "provocative military movements" on the intervening night of August 29-30 to "unilaterally" change the status quo on the southern bank of Pangong Tso.

Indian Army spokesperson Colonel Aman Anand in a statement had said: "On the night of August 29/30, PLA troops violated the previous consensus arrived at during military and diplomatic engagements during the ongoing standoff in Eastern Ladakh and carried out provocative military movements to change the status quo."

The Indian Army took measures to strengthen its position "and thwart Chinese intentions to unilaterally change facts on the ground", the statement said.

China, however, denied provoking Indian soldiers and said that its troops have been "strictly observing the Line of Actual Control (LAC)" and "never crossed the line."

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said that it is in close communication through diplomatic and military channels with India regarding conditions on the ground.

India-China LAC standoff 

India and China have been locked in a bitter standoff along the LAC since April-May over the transgressions by the Chinese Army in multiple areas including the Finger area, Galwan Valley, Hot Springs and Kongrung Nala.

The tension between the two countries escalated following the June 15-16 Galwan Valley clash in which 20 Indian Army soldiers including a Colonel were killed.

Since then, the two sides have held several rounds of talks at military and diplomatic levels to end the deadlock but there has been no significant headway as China has refused to withdraw or disengage completely from the Finger area and seems to be buying time to delay its disengagement from there.

So far, the PLA has withdrawn troops from Galwan Valley and certain other friction points but has remained adamant on not withdrawing from Pangong Tso, Depsang and a couple of other areas.

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