They came, they saw, but did not conquer. It looks so simple but one should not commit the mistake of calling China so naïve. There must have been a well thought out plan for their intrusion and a similar objective behind withdrawing. One thing is very clear that they are highly self-righteous. They themselves decide the sovereignty of a land, they finalise the line of control, they attack as and when they like and go back under a unilateral decision. This has been observed since 1962. But this fun looking move ultimately appears to have won a point, if we go into the pros and cons.
A learned professor of the Patna University, after 1962, when China started befriending the Indian neighbouring countries by constructing roads there, would say that all roads made by China are actually inroads. Nearly 50 personnel, accompanied with two ferocious Molosser dogs, five tents, ammunitions and other wherewithals must have taken several months of preparations. They also had planned how the supplies would come regularly from Chip Chap valley, some 25 km away by trucks through an unmetalled road. Over and above these ground realities, they also must have done detailed homework on diplomatic planes to adequately reply Indian charges.
The entire Daulat Beg Oldi region is an uninhabited area. Since 1962, both sides have been sending patrol parties at regular intervals to keep alive their claim on the area. As a matter of fact, the history and concened records show that it beloned to the kingdom of J&K which legally merged with India. However, for China no such proof carry any meaning. Exactly after half a century of 1962 incursions, China had seceded to once again forcibly capture this area. So they came prepared but now the logic behind the move appears to have been testing the water. Even though in 1962, when India being not war-ready, it had to test defeat but after inflicting a great loss to China. Some years back, when Mulayam Singh Yadav was the Defence Minister, they were chased by the Indian troops to some four km inside the enemy territory.
This time too, they also intended to take stock of Indian determination. They found that the determined India immediately dispatched its para-military forces in the close vicinity of the Chinese camp. Planning was to rush the military as well. The Indian Foreign Minister expressed his inability to go to China on a state visit till the intrusion was vacated. This also brought clouds on the proposed India visit of the new Chines Prime Minister. To cap these all, the Indian move to cut the supply line, made the Chinese shaky. They , obviously were not prepared for this huge engagement. So they agreed in the fourth flag meeting to withdraw by the evening of May5, if India also responded accordingly. Though the problem stands sorted out for the time being, but the decision appears to have slightly gone in favour of China as it has confirmed that the area is really disputed.
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