Posted on 01/23/2021 2:53:51 PM PST by TigerLikesRoosterNew
NEW DELHI—India and China have issued official statements after reports emerged of a Chinese village on Indian land in the state of Arunachal Pradesh. While the Indian government has said that it’s keeping an eye on all Chinese infrastructure building happening on the disputed border, the Chinese regime has defended its construction saying that it “never recognized” Arunachal Pradesh as a part of India.
The Chinese built a village consisting of 101 houses along the Tsari Chu river in the border state, according to the U.S.-based imaging company Planet Labs. The construction of the village was completed 2.5 miles into the Indian territory by November last year while India and China engaged in a tense military standoff in the far north, Himalayan region of Ladakh. The construction is a matter of grave concern for India, reported New Delhi Television (NDTV) on Jan. 18.
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It was not for want of trying. Clinton tried hard but India is not a puny dictatorship or mullah theocracy.
Besides, the British and the French have deep ties with India and were quite happy that the US was out of the way for contracts.
Besides, the duplicity with the Pakis was obvious. Despite sanctions, they still got F-16s and AMRAAMS to defeat the Taliban Air Force.
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