[20200617]IN11425_中印边境冲突.pdf

CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Conflict at the China-India Frontier June 17, 2020 Recent Developments at the China-India Frontier Deadly conflict broke out on June 15 on the China-India border following weeks of minor military confrontations along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) that separates the Peoples Republic of China (PRC or China) and the Indian regions of Ladakh and Sikkim. The lethal conflict occurred in the Galwan Valleyone of the sites of tension in recent weeksas the two sides were in the process of negotiating a mutual “disengagement” of forces (see Figure 1). PRC and Indian sources offered conflicting accounts of events, but officials on both sides confirmed casualties, including at least 20 Indian military personnel. The last time the border conflict escalated to the point of casualties was in 1975. The events leading up to the lethal clashes included fistfights between Chinese and Indian soldiers stationed near Pangong Lake in Indias Ladakh state, territorial advances by Chinese forces in Hot Springs and the Galwan Valley (also in Ladakh), and clashes between Chinese and Indian soldiers on the border near Indias Sikkim