According to US intelligence assessments, a senior Chinese general authorized his army to attack the Indian Army in the Galwen River Valley last week, resulting in a brutal clash that killed dozens of people and tensions between two Asian powerhouses extended.
General Zhao Zongki, the head of the General Theater Command and between some combat veterans serving in the People’s Liberation Army, has approved operations in the contested border region of northern India and southwestern China, on the status of a source familiar with the assessment it is said. Of oblivion.
According to US News, Zhao, who oversees the former standoff with India, has already expressed concern that China should not look weak to avoid exploitation by the United States and its allies, including New Delhi, the source Says, and last seen as a week “to teach India a lesson.”
Refutes China’s later projections of what happened on 15 June.
And it points to a fatal and controversial incident – which killed at least 20 Indian and 35 Chinese soldiers, and reportedly caught a handful of people from each side and was later released – making it tense The situation was not a result that spiraled out of control, as: it had happened before, but a purposeful decision by Beijing to convey a message of strength to India.
Yet that plan has been left behind, as the incident sparked widespread outrage in India that continues even after a week. And Beijing is trying to make India more profitable for future negotiations, including the area involved, rather than pushing the economic giants closer to the US.
Much is at stake, beyond regional control. The US has pressured India to back down from hiring Chinese tech company Huawei to help build 5G infrastructure. Following the June 15 incident, Indians were allegedly sent to remove Chinese social media app Tikkok and destroy phones made in China.
“This is what China wanted,” the source said. This is not a win for China’s military.
It is unclear to what extent Chinese President Xi Jinping was involved in the decisions that led to the bloody encounter, although analysts familiar with the Chinese military decision say he would certainly be aware of the orders.
The troops had massaged both sides of the border in the Ladakh region of northern India in recent months and in the southwestern Chinese region of Aksai Chin, creating a global concern of a possible escalation between the two.
Private geo-intelligence firm Hawkeye 360 recently reported that satellite imagery from late May showed a buildup on the Chinese side that appeared to be armed personnel carriers and self-propelled artillery.
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