NEW DELHI: The ongoing standoff between Indian and Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh has led to 19 rounds of military talks but some friction points still remain. What led to the current standoff in the first place in the summer of 2020, which then snowballed into the deadly Galwan clashes a month later? And what forced the Chinese to take the negotiations seriously? In this episode of ‘Simply Nitin’, StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale looks back at the time the standoff began and the lead-up to the first round of disengagement in February 2021.
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