Nearly eight years after the India-China standoff near Bhutan’s Doklam, multiple Chinese settlements appeared near the strategic location. According to a Hindustan Times report, China has built around 22 villages and settlements in Bhutan’s territory over the past eight years. Eight out of the twenty-two villages spotted in satellite data were close to the Doklam…
China has built at least 22 villages and settlements over the past eight years within territory that has traditionally been part of Bhutan, with eight villages coming up in areas in proximity to the strategic Doklam plateau since 2020, according to satellite imagery. Chinese army officers along the LAC near Sikkim. (AP File Photo) The…
It should not come as a big surprise that China and India finally came to their senses and agreed to end their four-year-old border hostilities, at least for now. But the timing of the detente – which occurred during a Russia-hosted event ahead of the US presidential election next week – is rather curious. New…