By November 2020, the Indian government had banned over 200 Chinese apps including apps owned by Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, Sina and Bytedance. Action on the economic front included cancellation and additional scrutiny of certain contracts with Chinese firms, and calls were also made to stop the entry of Chinese companies into strategic markets in India. įollowing the Galwan Valley skirmish on 15 June, some Indian campaigns about boycotting Chinese products were started. On 10 October 2021, the 13th corps-commander-level meeting took place. This includes multiple rounds of colonel, brigadier and major general rank dialogue, special representatives' meetings, meetings of the ' Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on China-India Border Affairs' (WMCC), meetings and communication between the foreign ministers and the defense ministers. However, India and China have both maintained that there are enough bilateral mechanisms to resolve the situation. The revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, in August 2019, by the Indian government has also troubled China. China has also extensively developed their infrastructure in these disputed border regions and are continuing to do so. Experts have postulated that the standoffs are Chinese pre-emptive measures in responding to the Darbuk–Shyok–DBO Road infrastructure project in Ladakh. Īmid the standoff, India reinforced the region with approximately 12,000 additional workers, who would assist India's Border Roads Organisation in completing the development of Indian infrastructure along the Sino-Indian border. Following disengagement at Gogra in August 2021, Indian analysts pointed out that the LAC has shifted westwards at patrol point 17A (PP 17A). Partial disengagement from Galwan, Hot Springs and Gogra occurred in June–July 2020 while complete disengagement from Pangong Lake north and south bank took place in February 2021. Indian media also reported that Indian troops fired warning shots at the PLA on 30 August. On 7 September, for the first time in 45 years, shots were fired along the LAC, with both sides blaming each other for the firing. Media reports stated that soldiers were taken captive on both sides and released in the coming few days while official sources on both sides went on to deny this. According to Indian sources, melee fighting on 15/16 June 2020 resulted in the deaths of 20 Indian soldiers and casualties of 43 Chinese soldiers. In late May, Chinese forces objected to Indian road construction in the Galwan river valley. Additional clashes also took place at locations in eastern Ladakh along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). Intelligence) Ĥ5 killed (per TASS, Russian state news agency) īeginning on, Chinese and Indian troops engaged in aggressive melee, face-offs and skirmishes at locations along the Sino-Indian border, including near the disputed Pangong Lake in Ladakh and the Tibet Autonomous Region, and near the border between Sikkim and the Tibet Autonomous Region. Unconfirmed captured (later released) Ģ0–35 killed (per U.S. India's northern border: 60,000 (US, 11 October 2020) ħ6 injured (18 serious, 58 minor injuries) ġ0 captured (released on 18 June) Īt least 4 killed and 1 injured (official) 5–14 killed (unofficial) Ģ5–40 killed, 60+ casualties Disengagement at Gogra Post on 4-5 August Ĩ5,000+64,000+100,000(+) troops in the eastern, Sikkim, northern sectors respectively (Xinhua affiliate, February 2021).Disengagement stalled between March-August 2021.Complete disengagement at Pangong Tso in March 2021.Disengagement of frontline troops in the Pangong Lake area complete in February 2021.Disengagement from some points in Galwan, Hot Springs, Gogra complete in June–July 2020.