Standoff in Ladakh: Ananth Krishnan on the China-India border conflict

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Kaiser Kuo

Culture, China News, Hangzhou, Chinese, International Relations, Chongqing, Beijing, Sichuan, Currentaffairs, China, Politics, Chengdu, Shanghai, Guangzhou, China Economy, News, China Politics, Business, Film, Shenzhen

4.8 • 676 Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Late on the night of June 15, a deadly melee erupted on the banks of the Galwan River, in a disputed region called Ladakh, high in the mountains between China and India. To help guide a discussion on this landmark event in China-India relations, Kaiser welcomes back Ananth Krishnan, a longtime correspondent for The Hindu, who is based in Beijing. Ananth discusses the context of the clash, which pits two massive, nuclear-armed states with increasingly nationalistic populations and growing regional ambitions against each other, and assesses the prospects for a settlement of the long-standing border dispute.

5:56: Context behind the India-China border clash

17:49: Indian sentiments toward China before the Galwan Valley skirmish

33:30: India’s future in the global geopolitical system

43:19: What could be ahead for the India-China relationship

Recommendations:

Ananth: Choices: Inside the Making of India’s Foreign Policy, by Shivshankar Menon, and a docuseries that explores the creation of the hit TV series The Mandalorian, titled Disney Gallery: Star Wars: The Mandalorian.

Kaiser: The Takshashila PLA Insight newsletter, by Suyash Desai, and The Expanse, a sci-fi series available on Amazon Prime Video.

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1:22.8	today from my home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. On the night of June 15th, the 16th, fighting broke out between Chinese and Indian troops
1:31.9	stationed near the line of actual control in the vicinity of the Galwan River, high in the
1:37.2	mountainous region, where the Himalayas, the Karakora Mountains, and the Hindu Kushal
1:41.4	kind of smashed together.
1:43.3	The events of that night, the broader Sino-Indian border dispute, the larger political
1:49.1	implications are all as complex as the topography in that area is.
1:54.4	We've already seen it spill over into the popular social media space in both countries.
1:59.9	And earlier this week, India actually banned all Chinese apps,
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