Chinese incursion leaves India on verge of crisis

[aquitaine]

Chinese incursion leaves India on verge of crisis

NEW DELHI (AP) -- The platoon of Chinese soldiers slipped across the boundary into India in the middle of the night, according to Indian officials. They were ferried across the bitterly cold moonscape in Chinese army vehicles, then got out to traverse a dry creek bed with a helicopter hovering overhead for protection.
They finally reached their destination and pitched a tent in the barren Depsang Valley in the Ladakh region, a symbolic claim of sovereignty deep inside Indian-held territory. So stealthy was the operation that India did not discover the incursion until a day later, Indian officials said.
China denies any incursion, but Indian officials say that for two weeks, the soldiers have refused to move back over the so-called Line of Actual Control that divides Indian-ruled territory from Chinese-run land, leaving the government on the verge of a crisis with its powerful northeastern neighbor.

And here is yet another crisis engineered by China. I'm really surprised this doesn't get more media attention, if China keeps openly provoking its neighbors like this it could easily lead to a shooting war.

 

[Kholdstare]

If India is so overpopulated why did not anyone notice them entering.

 

[Astronuc]

If India is so overpopulated why did not anyone notice them entering.

Perhaps "the bitterly cold moonscape" in the "barren" Depsang Valley in the Ladakh in eastern Kashmir discourages folks from casually observing the area. That's up in the mountains where there is little or no vegetation, and essentially no towns.

http://warnewsupdates.blogspot.com/2013/04/india-china-border-tensions-escalates.html

 

[DiracPool]

If India is so overpopulated why did not anyone notice them entering.

Probably because the Chinese had good drone surveillance telling them where the Indians were and where their eyes were pointed...

https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=689594

 

[glueball8]

The Chinese government are wussies I don't know why anyone would think "China keeps openly provoking". It seems more like a prank than government provoking.