NEW DELHI: The nine-month-long standoff between Indian and Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh shows no signs of easing despite there being eight rounds of talks between the Corps Commanders of both sides and several meetings at the diplomatic level. India has marshalled troops that are conditioned to operate at those high altitudes and sub-zero temperatures, and has ensured that basic facilities are in place. But Indian intelligence reports suggest things are not that well on the Chinese side. StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale has more.
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Nitin A. Gokhale is a media entrepreneur, one of South Asia's leading strategic affairs analyst and author of over a dozen books so far on military history, insurgencies and wars.
Starting his career in journalism in 1983, he has since led teams of journalists across media platforms.
A specialist in conflict coverage, Gokhale has covered the insurgencies in India’s North-East, the 1999 Kargil conflict and Sri Lanka’s Eelam War IV between 2006-2009.
Gokhale now travels across the globe to speak at seminars and conferences, and lecture at India’s premier defence colleges. He has founded three niche portals, Bharatshakti.in, stratnewsglobal.com and Interstellar.news.