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India, China Face Off in First Deadly Clash in Decades

Tensions between the two Asian powers are poised to escalate at a time of shifting influence in the region.

Dozens of troops from India and China were reportedly killed in a dispute along a contested area of their shared border – the first bloody clash between the two countries in decades and an event with the potential to spark even more violence.

Chinese state media described the incident Monday night in the Galwan River valley where both countries have deployed troops in recent weeks as "the most serious clash between Chinese and Indian soldiers so far," confirming casualties but offering no further details about them. Indian government sources speaking on the condition of anonymity told The Times of India that 20 Indian army personnel had died in the fighting.

American intelligence believes 35 Chinese troops died, including one senior officer, a source familiar with that assessment tells U.S. News. The incident took place during a meeting in the mountainous region between the two sides – both of which had agreed to disarm – to determine how the two militaries would safely withdraw their presences from the region.

The meeting grew tense and resulted in a physical confrontation between the troops. According to the assessment, all of the casualties were from the use of batons and knives and from falls from the steep topography, the source says.
According to the U.S. assessment, the Chinese government considers the casualties among their troops as a humiliation for its armed forces and has not confirmed the numbers for fear of emboldening other adversaries, the source says.

The sources who spoke with the Times said 43 Chinese troops died in the fighting.
Tensions have mounted in recent weeks around the area spanning in the northern India region of Ladakh and the southwestern Chinese region of Aksai Chin.

The border dispute comes at a time of shifting influence in the region. Beijing has become increasingly bold in its territorial ambitions in recent months, including in the East and South China seas, with U.S. officials saying it has successfully exploited global unrest from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. At the same time India has enjoyed new and outsized support from the U.S. under the Trump administration, which sees India as a principal battleground for its own economic rivalry with China.

In an editorial in the semi-official Global Times, China said the tensions were caused by "arrogance and recklessness of the Indian side" and that officials there believed "their country's military is more powerful than China's." However the main focus of Beijing's ire was clear.

"The U.S. has wooed India with its Indo-Pacific Strategy, which adds to the abovementioned misjudgment of some Indian elite," according to the outlet, which is not a direct mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party but is considered aligned with its views. "New Delhi must be clear that the resources that the U.S. would invest in China-India relations are limited. What the U.S. would do is just extend a lever to India, which Washington can exploit to worsen India's ties with China, and make India dedicate itself to serving Washington's interests."

The Times of India documented harsh conditions at the site of the fighting in the mountainous region, including sub-freezing temperatures and high altitudes. The government there has claimed the face-off "was the result of an attempt by the Chinese side to unilaterally change the status quo of the region," the Times reported. It also cited a statement from a Chinese military spokesperson who reportedly said, "China always owns sovereignty over the Galwan Valley region."

Troops from the two countries last clashed in 1975, when four Indian soldiers died during an ambush in the Arunachal Pradesh region of northeast India.

The U.S. government had not publicly commented on the skirmish as of Tuesday afternoon.
Trump visited India in February, further strengthening already close ties with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Trump administration has dramatically ramped up relations with New Delhi, including growing its trade relations and shifting its military policy. The U.S. in 2018 renamed its combatant command for the area "Indo-Pacific Command" – considered a break from prior administrations attempts to balance relations with India with its regional rivals, including Pakistan.
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Indian troops were fatally attacked while carrying out an unarmed patrol in territory in Ladakh that China had pledged to withdraw from, Indian Army sources have told the Telegraph.

The Indian Army confirmed 20 of its troops were killed but casualties are expected to rise today, with four Indian soldiers in a critical condition and many still believed to be missing.

Both sides have committed to peace talks but the possibility of further conflict cannot be dismissed after the Chinese foreign ministry said today that the disputed Galwan Valley would remain under control of Beijing.

“The sovereignty of the Galwan Valley area has always belonged to China. The Indian border troops flip-flopped and seriously violated our border protocols on border-related issues and the consensus of our commander level talks,” said a spokesperson from the Chinese foreign ministry.

“The right and wrong of this is very clear. The incident happened on the Chinese side of the LAC and China is not blamed for it.”

Senior Indian Army sources said 100 Indian troops were ambushed by five times as many Chinese soldiers on Monday evening, as they were dismantling Chinese tents at Patrol Point 14 in the Galwan Valley.

The Chinese troops brandished weapons - including clubs wrapped in barbed wire and embedded with nails - causing fatalities.

“The soldiers had gone to check the retreat of the Chinese troops as per the understanding between the two sides,” an official source told the Telegraph.

“Just when the Indian soldiers, who were on patrol started removing Chinese tents and material, it evoked a violent response from the Chinese.”

Many Indian troops were beaten and were either pushed or fell into the nearby Galwan River.

Leading Indian media house India Today said today they are “quite sure” the death toll will rise as more bodies are “fished out”.

The Indian Army has said there are casualties on both sides, a development Beijing said it wasn't aware of.

India and China have been facing-off for over a month in Ladakh after Chinese troops traversed the so-called Line of Actual Control (LAC) on May 5 and 6 to occupy over 60 kilometres of Indian territory at four locations - Pangong Tso, Galwan River, Demchok and Hot Springs.

Monday evening was the first time casualties have been suffered by either Asian superpower along their 3,488km border since 1975.

China has continued to move troops, artillery and jets from its bases in Tibet to the LAC after the clash.

India has also reinforced its side of the frontier and placed residents living close to the border in the state of Himachal Pradesh on high alert. Soldiers have been told to be prepared for any eventuality.

The Indian Navy has also been given the go-ahead to deploy its ships across the Indo-Pacific region to protect Indian interests, including in the strategically important Malacca Strait.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the organisation was concerned by reports of violence in Ladakh between India and China.

“We urge both sides to exercise maximum restraint. We take positive note of reports that the two countries are engaged in de-escalating the situation,” said a spokesperson.

The Indian Army said troops from both sides had now disengaged in the Galwan Valley and it will now attempt to resolve the conflict through talks.

The Chinese foreign ministry confirmed that it was “communicating with Delhi to “resolve the problem” and that the “situation is generally stable and under control”, adding it does not want to see any more clashes on the border with India.

There was an outpouring of grief on social media from Indians, who called for a boycott of Chinese goods.

In the city of Varanasi, members of an NGO burnt the Chinese flag and an effigy of Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Amidst the public outcry, Indian Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh, paid his respects to the killed Indian soldiers: “The loss of soldiers in Galwan is deeply disturbing and painful. Our soldiers displayed exemplary courage and valour in the line of duty and sacrificed their lives in the highest traditions of the Indian Army”
 
On na they gettin niggas back for what they did to Glen..

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I had an alert about this incident yesterday but didn't read about it.

Between this shit and North Korea fucking with South Korea again, Asia is getting mighty hot.....
 
Anyone know the history behind this conflict? Who does the land they are fighting over actually belong too?
 
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