China’s wolf-warrior like diplomacy

Following Galvan valley skirmishes in the month of mid June... several round of talks between India and China both at Army commander and diplomatice level held. Both sides decided to fully disengage and then de-escalate  border tension at LAC. But no such concrete solution came out of these meetings so far and the stalmate still persists on LAC.
According to reports from different sources...the  People’s Liberation Army (PLA)  is still holding forward positions on Pangong Tso and Gogra-Hot Springs area of Ladakh and  no signs of a promised de-escalation appears on the ground reality.  Keeping in view of PLA's   persistent presence ...the Indian Army has  also been kept alert on forward positions along the LAC in Ladakh.
In this context, detailed facts about the history of boundaries and frontier issues with China during the  British regime has been mentioned in an article recently published in a magazine.  A defence expert and former Deputy Chief Integrated Defence Staff and Member Armed Forces Tribunal, Lt General NS Brar (Retd) has written this interesting article. In his article "Dealing With The Dragon- Harsh Reality, Hard Options", Brar spoke also about the reasons why China  trying  to settle its borders by including areas historically seen as theirs.
 Lt Ceneral Brar mentions that...Colonial Britain addressed boundaries and frontiers from the perspective of imperial interests and did not secure the       sovereignty for a unified India. Consequently, except where a direct threat from a neighbouring power suggested demarcation so as to draw the inviolable line, the Britishers were content to declare major stretches as frontiers.....  MacMohan Line in the East and the Johnson, MacDonald lines in the West with Tibet / China. They  leave the process at unilateral delineation,  even when acceptance was repudiated by the other. While the Mac Mohan line came near to defining the generally accepted alignment of the Indo – Tibetan boundary in the Eastern Sector, the Western Sector remained the major bone of contention with irreconcilable perceptions of where the boundary should lie.
Based on imperial British cartographic declarations of shifting boundaries in the Western Sector, India inherited and chose to persist with the whole of Aksai Chin being part of erstwhile Kashmir state integrated into India. In 1962, the PLA advanced up to the 1899 MacDonald Line and is generally now the Chinese claim line as was also articulated in 1959. China is very unlikely to give up its claim line of 1959 and proposal of 1982 emphasise this ground reality . 
The defence expert said that India's claims in Aksai Chin are totally irreconcilable with Chinese objectives. By simply claiming Aksai Chin without any means to reclaim it,  is meaningless. China may be willing to accept the MacMohan Line in the East simply and realistically because our claim and physical control are congruent and reciprocally its forced occupation by China would involve a heavy cost and perhaps consequences.
 Going through the  factor analysis, it is construed that  ‘Perceptions’ of LAC are only generating grounds for endless discussions. Brar opines that the  recent Chinese military action is to fix and hold the  LAC / claim line to eliminate the ‘perception’ claims.  In the process they have presented an  accomplished fact. 
Now see the present scenario of China and India. In the backdrop of its dominance over global economy and in terms of military power  holding 3rd position after USA and Russia,  Chinese leadership has been tending to imperialism.  While India is  growing significant  strenghth in economy and posses much more powerful defence system post 1962 war. Some experts also see India as upcoming leader of world economy which makes China envious.
 Important global happenings are also being  observed in the light of COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has caused maximum damage to the economy of the most powerful  USA and China . In spite of huge econmic loss...  China took advantage of this world wide crisis for its survival.  The US President Trump blames China for Corona pandemic in USA . Consequently to punish China, Prez Trump decided to shift its various manufacturing units from Chinese cities and also took tough stand against  many  Chinese  companies who are doing business in US cities . As reported shifting of  many of the manufacturers may be an advantage to India also.
After the US has taken action against Huawei and its supporting entities for spying, it is quite evident that India will also keep the Chinese communication and power companies out of any future projects. Meanwhile the  Modi government is meditating further action against China on economic front to drive home the message that India means business.
 China has major market shares in USA and India. But the recent actions in terms of economy sanction by both countries now become big worries to Chinese leadership. Besides this, China is  facing immense pressure also from many other  countries like France,Japan, Australia etc. 
So it is very clear that  with covert intention of derailing India's economy, China is trying to engage India on the borders on one hand and on the other side lingering the border issue through endless bilateral talks. 
Now China wants India to normalize diplomatic relations on an as-is-where-is basis . But Indian side firmly believes that anything short of status quo ante in Ladakh sector is unacceptable with a cost attached to it. The Modi government is clear that the bilateral ties are directly linked with the border peace and will not allow them on a parallel track as in the past. 
Under the ongoing circumstances...it appears that bilateral talks without conclusive result is meaningless... until and unless China leaves and buries its wolf- warrior like diplomacy. The need of time is to settle the inherited disputes and legacies amicably. Only this will hold good for both India and China as well as for global peace.

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