Current Crisis

A day after India's bloody face-off with the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh on Monday night, China has come out to say that it has always "maintained sovereignty over the Galwan Valley region". Senior Colonel Zhang Shuili, the spokesperson for the Western Theater Command of the PLA, made a statement late on Tuesday over the clashes along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Galwan Valley area, Xinhua reported. The sovereignty over the Galwan Valley area has always belonged to China, Shuili said in the statement. "We demand the Indian military strictly restrains its frontline troops, immediately stops all infringing and provocative actions, work with the Chinese side towards the same goal, and return to the right track of resolving differences through dialogue and talks," Shuili said in the statement. According to Chinese government backed daily Global Times, the country's Foreign Ministry spo...

Tensions have been running high on the border since reports of a scuffle between the soldiers at Pangong Tso (eastern Ladakh) and Naku la (in Sikkim) a few months back. Today on Eastern Ladakh Despite having talks with either sides, China and India had an attack  at GAlwan Valley yesterday night i.e 15/06/20 .   Both the armies have since deployed a large number of soldiers and heavy military equipment along the LAC. The army said: "During the de-escalation process underway in the Galwan Valley, a violent face-off took place yesterday night with casualties on both sides. "The loss of lives on the Indian side are 20 soldiers martyred and  of the two sides are currently meeting at the venue to defuse the situation." India and China fought a brief border war in 1962 and have not been unable to settle their border dispute despite talks spread over two decades. A commanding officer of the army and two soldiers have died at Galwan Valley, in Ladakh, in a face-of...