Simmering Tension in Galwan Valley


The current Indo-China border confrontation may permanently change these countries' relations. After the first clash at  Galwan River on June 15th, diplomatic negotiations have been going on, but they do not appear to be yielding much progress.  This is the first time after the 1962 War that soldiers have died in clashes on the India-China border in Ladakh. 
If this is not worrisome enough, Pakistan is also adding to India's headache by sending almost 20,000 troops to territories it controls on India’s western flank opposite Ladakh. P The Indian Air Force and the Navy are also reportedly on high alert.  
 PM Narendra Modi convened an all-party meeting on June 19 where he said that though India is a peace loving country, it can give befitting reply if provoked.
The crisis has impacted the broader Indo-China relationship. Many of Indian infrastructure projects in which China won the contract have been revoked or cancelled. Similarly, the Bihar government has cancelled a deal for the construction of a new mega bridge because two out of the four contractors had Chinese partners. There are also calls by the Maharashtra government to boycott Chinese investment. For instance, memorandum of understanding (MoU) worth $670 million signed with three Chinese firms is already on hold. 
Then on June 29th, the government of India banned 59 Chinese mobile applications within its borders. As per statement of country’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, government had to ban these apps as they were mining user data and transferring data to servers outside of the country. But, timing of this ban coinciding with current border confrontation tells another story.

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