China's propensity to impose its will by use of military force or political coercion on its neighbours whether on disputed land borders or maritime boundaries is a harsh reality for South East Asia nations as manifested in its illegal sovereignty claims over South China Sea.
China was so impelled because South East nations primarily Vietnam and the Philippines were smaller nations as compared to China's brute military might.
China was also so impelled by the fact hat the United States previous Presidents did not call-off China's bullying bluffs against its weaker neighbours.
China in 2020 has now chosen to display the same propensity against India's Himalayan land borders with China Occupied Tibet which China disputes.
Since April 2020 China has embarked on a process of altering the uneasy military confrontationist status quo on India's Eastern Ladakh Borders by the same 'salami-slicing' tactics that it so successfully employed in the South China Sea.
China was in a rude shock when its military expansionism on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) was successfully checkmated by the combat-proven Indian Army. As reflected in an earlier Blog on this BlogSpot, Indian Army with a loss of 20 Bravehearts killed nearly three times 60 Chinese PLA soldiers, and notably without use of fire-arms in hand to hand unarmed combat.
China in its wake at high-level diplomatic and military dialogues in the wake of the above agreed on disengagement on the LAC and de-escalation of military confrontation.
But China as is its wont experienced by both India and South East nations treacherously went back on its commitments and stealthily commenced operations to occupy some dominating features overlooking the LAC which were not on its side.
India this time reversed roles and Indian Army in swift pre-emptive military operations occupied the China-coveted dominating mountain tops.
In September 2020, India's borders in Ladakh resting on China Occupied Tibet are witnessing intense military confrontation with India having pumped in Indian Army Formations to match Chinese PLA military increase in force levels.
China miscalculated India's resolve under leadership of PM Narendra Modi and the Indian Army in a high state of War Preparedness no longer starved of funds for the same. Unlike 1962, Indian Air Force stands also deployed on front-line Air Bases signalling intent that India to defend its sovereignty will not hesitate to resort to air warfare
Overall, China-India military confrontation in Eastern Ladakh is in a tinder-box explosive situation as China now is at a loss as to how to' Save Face' after igniting its military misadventure against India.
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