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Saturday, July 11, 2020

China’s Surreptitious Land Grab

Caught Between Indian and Chinese Troops, at 15,000 Feet
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/11/world/asia/india-china-border-ladakh.html

June 15 could mark the date on which China “lost India” strategically. India’s external policy choices will henceforth have a sharper anti-China edge.
“China follows a familiar salami-slicing playbook in territorial disputes: change ground positions stealthily, move forward assertively, express outrage when discovered, denounce provocations and intrusions by the other party, threaten exemplary retaliation, step back in “good faith,” propose fresh border management procedures, ensure its territorial creep becomes a de facto reality, and repeat as required”.

Boycott China movement gains steam: