Chinese Claim On Bhutan

China's territorial claims in Bhutan and the recent incursion into Indian land are indicative of their intentions, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday, adding that Beijing under Preisdent Xi Jinping was trying to find out whether other countries are going to push back.

China today sought to defend its recent claims over the Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary in Bhutan, saying the boundary between the two countries is yet to be demarcated and it has proposed a "package solution" to resolve the issue.

Claiming that there had been no troop build-up by China in Doklam since its standoff with India ended in August last year, top government officials today told a parliamentary panel that India was not concerned about what happens within Chinese territory located north of Doklam.

Barely a month after the winding down of an aggressive stand-off with India at the Sikkim border, the Chinese army is back to building a road on the Doklam Plateau, just 10 km from the location of the last conflict. The Doklam Plateau is claimed by both Beijing and Bhutan as their territory. India backs Bhutan's claim.

China and India have agreed to end a lengthy stand-off at the Sikkim border that began in June, both countries said today. A statement from India suggested that both countries are withdrawing their troops from the remote Doklam Plateau, a region that both China and Bhutan claim as its own.

Government-controlled Chinese media on Friday accused External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj of "lying" to Parliament over the month-long Doklam standoff when she said Beijing was trying to challenge India's security by changing the status of the intersection where the boundaries of China, India and Bhutan meet.

China's territorial claims in Bhutan and the recent incursion into Indian land are indicative of their intentions, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday, adding that Beijing under Preisdent Xi Jinping was trying to find out whether other countries are going to push back.

China today sought to defend its recent claims over the Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary in Bhutan, saying the boundary between the two countries is yet to be demarcated and it has proposed a "package solution" to resolve the issue.

Claiming that there had been no troop build-up by China in Doklam since its standoff with India ended in August last year, top government officials today told a parliamentary panel that India was not concerned about what happens within Chinese territory located north of Doklam.

Barely a month after the winding down of an aggressive stand-off with India at the Sikkim border, the Chinese army is back to building a road on the Doklam Plateau, just 10 km from the location of the last conflict. The Doklam Plateau is claimed by both Beijing and Bhutan as their territory. India backs Bhutan's claim.

China and India have agreed to end a lengthy stand-off at the Sikkim border that began in June, both countries said today. A statement from India suggested that both countries are withdrawing their troops from the remote Doklam Plateau, a region that both China and Bhutan claim as its own.

Government-controlled Chinese media on Friday accused External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj of "lying" to Parliament over the month-long Doklam standoff when she said Beijing was trying to challenge India's security by changing the status of the intersection where the boundaries of China, India and Bhutan meet.