Why is India refusing to let China enter Arunachal
Since July 2017, China is aiming to establish 628 ‘well-off’ society villages in the border areas of Tibet.
The recent controversy about the creation of a “well-societed village” by China in Longju, Arunachal Pradesh, has all the elements of opening up another armed front for India, which is already precipitated by the Ladakh-Aksai Chin standoff from last year. is surrounded.
However, there has been no response from the government, despite differences between the position of the External Affairs Ministry spokesperson and the Chief of Defense Staff’s comments on territorial dispute resolution and Line of Actual Control (LAC) respectively.
628 Society Villages in Tibet Border Areas
China is stepping up its infrastructure development in areas where there were frequent reports of border incursions earlier. When the two soldiers clashed at Tuting in 1975, in which four Indian soldiers were killed, it took years to resolve the Samdurong Chu standoff. Longju, Asphila, Migyitun, Namka Chu, Chantz and other areas of Arunachal have seen frequent border encroachments since the 1990s.
More recently, China stepped forward by building “defense villages” in border areas. In 2005, ten political standards were announced to resolve the territorial dispute between India and China. One of these parameters is that populated areas should not be disturbed. Since then, China not only began to refer to Arunachal Pradesh as “Southern Tibet” in its documents, but also gradually started building settlements to strengthen its claims in the region.
By the end of 2020, it was announced that more than 600 such villages had been built, with at least one Communist Party cadre, surveillance systems, telecommunications, border defense duties and other facilities for border domination. This indicates their goal of dominance at the border.
Villages are given the highest level of legitimacy
These are broad party-state supported entities that have long-term consequences for regional security, the economy and the environment. Such actions were accorded the highest level of legitimacy, with President Xi Jinping visiting Tibet (and Nyingchi, which is a few kilometers north of Arunachal Pradesh) on July 21-23; In the past few months, 11 of the 15 current Politburo members of the Communist Party have visited Tibet. There is a clear political and military tension on the part of China on this issue.
Xi’s 2017 letter to village shepherds
Soon after he was expanded to the 19th Communist Party Congress in 2017, Xi wrote a letter to the shepherds of Yum village (30 km north of Asphila in Arunachal Pradesh). This has come in view of the resolution of the Doklam crisis. In his letter to Drolkar and Yangzom on October 28, Xi said, “Without peace in the region, there will be no peaceful life for millions of families. [I] hope you see more shepherds rooting in the border area like galsang flowers.” Yangzom was later chosen by the Communist Party as a “model” on its 100th anniversary on July 1 this year.
Plans for PoK also
A land-hungry China also defied its 1961 treaty with Nepal and demolished border signs in several border areas such as Humla, Darchula, Daulakha, Gorkha, Rasuwa and other places. According to recent reports, China is planning to set up such “good villages” in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir as well.
China is making a concerted effort to expand, this is also seen in terms of logistical networks and military construction. Highways G219, G318, G214, G314 and others give China the ability to contain 12 to 15 divisions, while 15 airfields and heliports can be used for tactical deployment and bombing missions.
Why is India refusing to let China enter Arunachal
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