During the World War II, when United States General Joseph Stilwell was supervising the Herculean human efforts to build Stilwell Road through a treacherous and thickly forested mountainous terrain, he was not thinking about economics.
'The world is finally recognising that China is pushing a form of government that many only now are beginning to recognise as problematic'
Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs David Stilwell made the remark on Thursday, adding that the Trump administration is closely watching the Indo-China situation.
The sanctioned individuals and their immediate family members are prohibited from entering the mainland, Hong Kong and Macao of China. They and companies and institutions associated with them are also restricted from doing business with China, according to the statement by the Chinese foreign ministry.
The Stilwell Road, connecting China's Yunnan province to Myanmar and India, was built during World War II.
'It's a very tough situation. We're talking to India. We're talking to China. They've got a big problem there'
Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland-K leader S S Khaplang, whose outfit carried out the June 4 attack on the Army in Manipur, is believed to be ill and convalescing in a Yangon hospital.
Both India and China have demonstrated levels of maturity in diffusing tensions and ensuring that the border remains by and large incident free, says Seema Mustafa