Starting from 2013, India-China boundary has had a few incidents. Prior to that, only two incidents of importance had occurred post the 1962 war between India and China. They were at Nathu La in 1967 and Sumdrong Chu in 1986. Almost 27 years later, both Indian and Chinese armies stared down on each other in Daulat Beg Oldi and a year later in Chumar. These high profile incidents were followed by the incident at Dolam Plateau in 2017. During the Dolam incident, another incident took place in Pangong Tso where in both Indian and Chinese armies were involved in a scuffle that resulted in pelting of stones.
Boundary between India and China has some areas that are agreed upon as disputed and sensitive by both the sides. Generally, the face-offs have been taking place in these areas. Starting from 2007, a few issues started coming up in Sikkim. The Chinese broke a temporary bunker in November 2007 in the general area of Dokala. The area of Finger in North Sikkim started becoming a bone of contention. Read More…
