India, China troops clash along LAC in Tawang region, Arunachal Pradesh

• Indian and Chinese troops clashed along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh on December 9 and the face-off resulted in “minor injuries to a few personnel from both sides”.
• The clash near Yangtse along the LAC in the sensitive sector took place amid the over 30-month border standoff between the two sides in eastern Ladakh.
• The term LAC, which was first coined by former Chinese premier Zhou Enlai in his 1959 letter to Jawaharlal Nehru, was accepted by India as late as 1991, followed by the agreement of Peace and Tranquility signed in 1993.
• The current day LAC is quite close to the Chinese-claimed borders, which is a huge disadvantage to India. India has insisted that China must revert to physical locations held as of September 8, 1962, and that it should be held as the basis for delineation of the LAC, while negotiations can continue on final settlement of the border.
• India-China have historical legacies to their border dispute. A unilateral war launched by China in 1962 and activities thereafter have led to mutual distrust. No success has been achieved even after 73 years of the People’s Republic of China assuming the current form of government either on LAC alignment or on the border issue.
• The expansionist agenda of China has reached new crescendos with LAC incursions in Ladakh, which is also not getting resolved as Beijing is not agreeing to go back to April-May 2020 positions. The stance is similar wherein it did not go back to the September 8, 1962 positions for delineation of LAC. Only an empowered and capable India with a pragmatic approach can resolve the border issue with China.

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Published date : 14 Dec 2022 08:11PM