Chinese village entering into 2017 standoff controversy
Kathmandu. A newly settled Chinese village near the trijunction between India, China and Bhutan is drawing attention to 3-year-old standoff disputes.
Satellite surveillance has shown that China is developing a village, Pangda, on the west bank of the Torsa River in Doklam Plateau, where the Chinese and Indian Armed forces had engaged in a 72-day standoff in 2017. Bhutan had asked India’s support to claim the plateau then.
South China Morning Posts writes that China and Bhutan do not appear to be in a dispute on Pangda village. Pangda and other 627 Xiaokang villages were built in the Tibet autonomous region by the Tibetan government with the slogan of “defenders of sacred land and constructors of happy homes”.
Indian media appear to be highly interested in the controversy. A retired high-ranking Indian Army official said, If China continues constructions in the region, it shows that the 2017 stand-off was not really resolved. However, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs did not respond to requests for comment.
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