'If Washington has to balance Chinese power, she will have to turn to the third biggest power in the world which is India.' 'The United States and India will have to work together in order to keep Chinese ambitions in check.'
New Delhi has been in 'close contact' with the Bhutan government on the unfolding developments.
Sources also asserted that there was a "status quo" at the Dokalam for past six weeks.
'My understanding is that by the time President Xi Jinping came for the Chennai summit [2019], he had already instructed his army to undertake the action in Galwan in the summer of 2020.'
Thimpu apparently didn't think it necessary to take Delhi into confidence. Bhutan is loathe to getting dragged into the geopolitical rivalry between India and China. And for Beijing, this was too good an opportunity to be missed to thumb its nose at the powers-that-be in Delhi, points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
This past week, His Holiness has been in Leh, the capital of Ladakh, the Union Territory where Indian and Chinese soldiers have been in a standoff for two years, since April 2020.
India insisted that PM Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held "conversation on range of issues" in Hamburg.
The move took place late last month and involved hardware being moved simultaneously by road and rail from across the entire region.
The exercises also involve combat operations command, combat synergies, live fire shooting training, and comprehensive inspection of arms integration, the report said.
'India should be adequately prepared for further Chinese mis-adventures at any time in the next few years.'
The Indian Army has shown it can face down the PLA, but is too often held back by a political leadership that lacks boldness, asserts Ajai Shukla.
'They have done in Eastern Ladakh what we did in Dokalam in 2017.'
'The General appreciated the importance of history in understanding modern conflict.' Tibetologist Claude Arpi recalls his meetings with General Bipin Rawat.
The briefing comes ahead of the parliament session beginning Monday.
'What needs to be watched is that the border incidents at Dokalam in 2017 and Galwan in 2020 are triggering nascent Chinese nationalism against India,' asserts Srikanth Kondapalli, the leading China expert.
But Modi and Xi will attend a BRICS leaders meeting in Hamburg.
'The BJP has done the Uri surgical strikes, handled the Dokalam crisis and the Balakot strikes.' 'So if there is a de-escalation only at the diplomatic level and not resolving this issue of a colonel being killed, then it translates into public anger.'
'India and China are already in a warlike situation.'
The political-electoral calculus favours spending thousands of crores on vanity projects like Sardar Patel's statue and the Central Vista over building up our military to handle the confrontations and conflicts that loom large, points out Ajai Shukla.
'When you look at the border -- from Ladakh to Arunachal -- which is called the Sino-Indian border, but in effect it is actually the Indo-Tibet border.' 'Since the borders are still not secure, it has resulted in transgressions in Galwan, Dokalam etc.'
'The Chinese thought India would back off. 'They did not expect such a firm Indian response to their expansionist manoeuvre.'
The Indian defence ministry said its border security personnel, as per standard protocol, immediately alerted their Chinese counterparts to locate the UAV and they later reverted with its location.
To escape backlash, handset makers of all major Chinese brands who have their own manufacturing lines in India or outsource from third party vendors here have decided to highlight Made-in-India in their packaging more prominently from now.
'We are facing the most critical military situation with China in the last 50 years.'
Investors went looking for bargain in banking, oil and gas and auto stocks.
The announcement of Modi's visit comes a day after India and China ended their 73-day standoff in Dokalam by withdrawing their troops from the area.
'The numbers of troops on both sides are enormous.' 'They are about 50,000-60,000 soldiers facing each other in that sector -- that's about the total number of troops that both sides had in the 1962 War in all sectors.'
'If the Chinese military gets hold of some western sectors on the India-China boundary, it will give them added military advantage.'
The official cited it as an example of 'how the Chinese military is trying to resolve issues through dialogue mechanisms'.
China's Ambassador to India Luo Zhaohui said "the ball is in India's court" and it was for the Indian government to decide what options could be on the table to resolve the standoff.
'It is pure luck that we did not have any body bags, otherwise things could have been nasty.'
'We will not accept these misadventures by the Chinese.'
'The PLA has continued to do exercises and drills and recently carried out air exercises with fighter jets.'
Chinese Consul General Ma Zhanwu also asserted that by working together cooperation and exchanges can be further enhanced.
He praised the Indian media for handling the issue in a "responsible" manner.
We understand the electoral compulsions, the desperate need for the BJP to have at least 50 per cent of the Hindus vote for them in Uttar Pradesh in a few months. For that, you need polarisation, put your own Muslim compatriots on the 'other' side. This is how your domestic politics runs contrary to your national, strategic interest, warns Shekhar Gupta.
Shed suspicion and manage differences to improve Sino-Indian ties, says Chinese Foreign Minister.
China, however, remained ambiguous about the status of its own troops.
Singh also said that Indian security forces were capable of defending the country's territories.
Once the tanks roll back, a zero-based assessment of future equations with China is necessary. Given the conflict situations that China is imposing on India time and again, the red, amber and green lines of interactions with China need to be laid down and communicated in no uncertain terms, asserts Srikanth Kondapalli, the leading China expert.
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