Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces tough choices in this most recent clash with China, says a Griffith University observer.
SOUTHEAST QUEENSLAND: Sometime on Monday , an Indian army patrol skirmished with Chinese troops in the Galwan River Valley, high in the Himalayas.
In this case, it appears those processes have failed, and at a moment when relations between China and India - both nuclear armed states - are already tense.When India gained its independence in 1947, it inherited unsettled frontiers with several neighbours. China decisively won this short war designed to teach New Delhi a lesson. It gained ground from India, but then withdrew its forces, bringing them back close to their starting positions.Since then, a “Line of Actual Control” has, in effect, constituted the frontier.
The visits of both Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in May 2013, and Xi in September 2014, were overshadowed by such incidents.And in mid-2017, there was a ten-week standoff between Chinese and Indian troops in Bhutan, in a disputed area called Doklam .DISAGREEMENT OVER OTHER ISSUESNew Delhi has emerged as a vocal critic of Xi’s Belt and Road Initiative and has tried to dissuade other states in South Asia and the Indian Ocean region from signing on to BRI projects.
Meanwhile, India has strengthened security ties with the United States, Japan and Australia among others - to Beijing’s obvious irritation.There can be little doubt that what just happened in the Galwan River Valley constitutes the biggest test yet faced by Narendra Modi’s government. Indian army soldiers rest next to artillery guns at a makeshift transit camp before heading to Ladakh, near Baltal, southeast of Srinagar, June 16, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.
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