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Saturday, November 28, 2020

China's Ever Expanding Territorial Claims

Beijing Takes Its South China Sea Strategy to the Himalayas
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/27/world/asia/china-bhutan-india-border.html
 
Sea change: China has its sights on the Bay of Bengal
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/sea-change-china-has-its-sights-on-the-bay-of-bengal
 
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.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/07/05/commentary/world-commentary/nuclear-armed-china-india-fight-fists-stones-clubs/
“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”.