In concert with Chitty's news item ... https://teakdoor.com/thailand-and-as...se-forces.html this is a reveal more into the steadfast way China is adopting "salami slicing, a tactic used to covertly snatch disputed lands, sliver by territorial sliver".
Make no mistake, this wasn't an accidental engagement between the Chinese and Indian troops.
China actually built a 1:500 scale model to war game this hot spot.
News item below ...
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That Beijing would go to such lengths to study the topography of the region underlines a determination to hold on to — and in some cases, win back — disputed territories along its vast and inhospitable frontier with India.
And that’s consistent with today’s aggressive foreign policy stance dubbed “Wolf Warrior” diplomacy — named after a popular Chinese movie franchise featuring a fictional crack special forces unit.
“We cannot lose even one inch of the territory left behind by our ancestors,” Chinese President Xi Jinping told the then US Defence Secretary James Mattis in 2018.
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It's an impressive research document, lot's of visuals not lot's of Bla Bla.
The link is here ... High stakes in the Himalayas: China and India's border hotspot - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)