China Hardening Its Position Along LAC With India: US Defence Secretary
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The Indian and Chinese troops have been locked in a tense border standoff in eastern Ladakh since May 5, 2020, when a violent clash between the two sides erupted in the Pangong lake area.
China is continuing to harden its position along the Line of Actual Control with India, US Defence Secretary Lloyd James Austin said today, stressing that America stands by its friends as they uphold their rights as Beijing adopts the "war coercive" and "aggressive approach" to its territorial claims.
Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Lloyd Austin noted that China is taking aggressive and illegal approaches to the territories it claims in the South China Sea and advancing its illegal maritime plans.
"Further to the West, we see Beijing continuing to harden the position along the borders it shares with India," he said.
The Indian and Chinese troops have been locked in a tense border standoff in eastern Ladakh since May 5, 2020, when a violent clash between the two sides erupted in the Pangong lake area.
