It's double trouble. Security officials are expecting Pakistan to intensify shelling along the LoC on the back of the Chinese impasse
Rigzin Spalbar saw it coming. 바카라The Chinese army clashed with our soldiers on May 5. They had all kinds of weapons바카라iron rods, barbed wires and knives. Why did we go unarmed this time?바카라 asks the former chairman of the Ladakh Hill Development Council.
바카라What you saw on the border, we have been warning about for a long time. China has been usurping our land for the past 70 years,바카라 says Spalbar. 바카라This time, they have taken over higher points. Our soldiers used to patrol up to Pangong Tso바카라s Finger 8 (The points where the slopes jut into the lake are known as fingers). The Chinese have not only come up to Finger 4, but also built a road. Same is the case at Galwan Nala. Now the road to Daulat Beg Oldi is in their range. Unless they are pushed back or there is an agreement to restore the earlier status of the LAC, they will continue to move forward.바카라
Asgar Ali Karbali, a former legislator from the Kargil region, echoes Spalbar바카라s statement. 바카라China has been occupying land in Ladakh for the past 40 years바카라first inch by inch and now, kilometre after kilometre,바카라 he says. 바카라Since the establishment of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), it has been aggressively taking over the areas around its land routes.바카라
Urgain Chondon, chairperson, Nyoma block, has been uploading pictures of Chinese troops바카라 activities along the LAC on Facebook. Chondon was the first to highlight the Chinese movement along the LAC in the Tashi Gang area, Demchok, in April this year. 바카라I have videos and pictures of the Chinese bringing heavy vehicles and constructing a road,바카라 she says. 바카라I got a call from Leh saying my Facebook post was creating panic and was asked to delete it.바카라
바카라The four-week-long standoff in eastern Ladakh was more of a routine affair. Such things happen where you don바카라t have clearly demarcated boundaries,바카라 says Jammu-based analyst Zafar Choudhary. 바카라But unclear boundaries create scope for deliberate escalation by one or the other party. China appears to have done that deliberately.바카라
바카라China바카라s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is its biggest ambition in the 21st century. CPEC, an essential part of BRI, runs through Gilgit-Baltistan, a part of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir under Pakistan바카라s control since 1947,바카라 explains Choudhary. 바카라India has the avowed policy of reclaiming the entire territory of Jammu and Kashmir. This policy has become more pronounced after August 5, 2019. Since then, China has been trying to foment diplomatic setbacks for India, including by taking the Kashmir issue to the UNSC.바카라
Senior security officials in Kashmir say they are expecting cross-border shelling to intensify along the LoC in the coming weeks. 바카라It is rare for all of Pakistan바카라s service chiefs to visit the ISI headquarters together for a briefing, which they did on June 16,바카라 says an officer. 바카라Since the only thing discussed at the meeting was the situation along the LoC/LAC and in Jammu and Kashmir, we have to be alert.바카라
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