{"id":232740,"date":"2023-03-20T20:34:42","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T15:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=232740"},"modified":"2023-03-20T20:34:42","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T15:04:42","slug":"slow-steps-to-india-china-border-tranquillity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/slow-steps-to-india-china-border-tranquillity\/","title":{"rendered":"Slow steps to India-China border tranquillity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source-<\/strong> The post is based on the article \u201cSlow steps to India-China border tranquillity\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 20th March 2023.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/strong>GS2- Bilateral groupings<\/p>\n

Relevance<\/strong>– Border dispute between India and China<\/p>\n

News<\/strong>– India and China appear to be moving towards a new modus vivendi to maintain peace and tranquility along their disputed 4,000 kilometre border.<\/p>\n

What are various attempts by two sides to ease the border situation?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The two sides managed to disengage in four of the six points \u2014 Galwan, Pangong Tso,<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gogra Post and near Jianan Pass (PP15).<\/strong> But two key areas remain unsettled- the Depsang Bulge and the Charding Ninglung Junction in the Demchok area<\/strong> involving nearly 1,000 square kilometres.<\/p>\n

Important discussions took place at the 26th Meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination (WMCC) on China-\u00adIndia Border Affairs<\/strong>. The two sides discussed other measures to further ease the border situation.\\<\/p>\n

Upgrading the border management means to replace the WMCC with a mechanism that will have both military and civilian officers.<\/p>\n

What could be other measures that can restore a measure of normality on border areas?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

It includes converting other parts of the LAC into similar no\u00ad-patrol zones<\/strong>. This could lead to a package settlement in the two remaining areas of Depsang and Charding Nala.<\/p>\n

No\u00adpatrol zones could be confined to the places where the two sides have overlapping claims. <\/strong>Till 2020, both sides patrolled till the limit of these contending claims.<\/p>\n

There was a protocol that if the two patrols met, they would display banners to ask the other side to go back to their area. Thereafter, the issue was dealt with through meetings.<\/p>\n

Chinese journalist scholar Qian Feng suggested that the concept of the \u201czone of actual control\u201d could replace the \u201cline of actual control\u201d<\/strong> in some areas that had no obvious geomorphological features or population.<\/p>\n

Other areas, too, could be delimited as a \u201cborder belt\u201d<\/strong> if they did not require population adjustment. It will depend on the intentions of the two interlocutors.<\/p>\n

The idea was originally proposed by Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai<\/strong>. He proposed to Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru that both sides withdraw 20 kilometres from the \u201cso called\u201d<\/p>\n

McMahon Line, as well as the \u201cline up to which each side exercises control in the west\u201d.<\/p>\n

What are the reasons for frequent border clashes between India and China?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The entire range of confidence building measures <\/strong>since 1993 was premised on the belief<\/p>\n

that both sides largely accepted the LAC. But, there were differences related to some 18\u00ad20 points on it.<\/p>\n

The 1993 and 1996 agreements<\/strong> specifically spoke about the importance of identifying and resolving these differences. The Chinese did not help in defining a clear LAC without providing any good reasons.<\/p>\n

Chinese have not shared detailed maps<\/strong> of their areas of control. That has been at the root of<\/p>\n

the problem.<\/p>\n

Over the years, the Chinese have been able to shift goalposts at will<\/strong>, especially in relation to the Ladakh border.<\/p>\n

What is the Indian stand on border dispute?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Foreign minister Mr. Jaishankar has emphasised that there could be no normality in India\u00ad-China ties<\/strong> until the eastern Ladakh situation was resolved.<\/p>\n

In 2014 and 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tried his level best to persuade the Chinese<\/p>\n

to clarify the LAC<\/strong> at the points where there were differences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source- The post is based on the article \u201cSlow steps to India-China border tranquillity\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 20th March 2023. Syllabus: GS2- Bilateral groupings Relevance– Border dispute between India and China News– India and China appear to be moving towards a new modus vivendi to maintain peace and tranquility along their disputed 4,000… Continue reading Slow steps to India-China border tranquillity<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10498],"class_list":["post-232740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704708940},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232740\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}