Exercise In Auli Translates To Skirmishes In Tawang

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The People's Liberation Army got aggressive with the Indian Army in Tawang, Arunachal, on Demcember 9th

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This comes after Beijing opposed India-USA joint exercises in Auli, Uttarakhand, on November 30th

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China stationed 3 combined armed brigades along the LAC in Arunachal and covets Arunachal as South Tibet, contesting Indian territory

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China has also renwed military activity in the India-China-Bhutan tri-junction, newr Dolkam plateau, the site of the 2017 face off, pressuring Bhutan to yield to boundary talks

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The Tawang aggression with 300 troopers, on Decemebr 9th, could also be Xi Jingping's test to see Indian Army's preparation

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It could also be their effort to distract the Han population from domestic issues like zero covid policy and declining economic growth

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The Chinese want to impose the India- rejected 1959 cartographic lines of 1597 km in Eastern Ladakh and 1126 km LAC in the eastern sector of Sikkim and Arunachal

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