China has always insisted on peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation with other countries, so the vast majority of countries can maintain friendly diplomatic relations with China, especially some neighboring countries in the surrounding areas, North Korea in the east, Russia in the north, Several Central Asian countries in the west, and Southeast Asian countries in the south.
But there is one country that is different, and that is India.
To date, of all the countries bordering the country, only India has not demarcated a border with china, and the two sides have only a line of actual control.
India
According to the two sides, the disputed area reached more than 120,000 square kilometers, which is not a small area, exceeding the total land area of many countries.
The southern Tibet region we are talking about this time is an important area in dispute with India, and the southern Tibet region is currently under the actual control of India, covering an area of more than 90,000 square kilometers, accounting for more than half of the disputed area between the two sides.
This area is between the Chinese line of claim and an illegal "McMahon line" drawn by the British colonist McMahon, and since it is illegal, we certainly cannot admit it.
So why does India repeatedly disregard the facts and try to steal large areas of territory from China without any basis?
Southern Tibet
As we all know, China has never invaded the territory of other countries and has been seeking peace, but the tree wants to be quiet and the wind is not stopping, India always wants to pocket more territory, and in the last century we fought a war with India in self-defense.
In recent years, India has also repeatedly provoked trouble in the Doklam and Galwan Valleys, and India is now encroaching on 90,000 square kilometers of territory in southern Tibet, establishing the illegal "Arunachal Pradesh", setting up various institutions, and relocating many people.
So how important the southern Tibet region is, and why India wants to invade and occupy it, let's talk about it.
First of all, this place in southern Tibet is good, and to the north of this area is the vast Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which has high terrain, thin oxygen and cold, while southern Tibet is one of the few places on the plateau with good climate, precipitation, and warmth, and the area is still very large.
The southern Region of Tibet is known as the "Jiangnan" of Tibet, and the warm and humid air flow blowing from the Indian Ocean makes it warm and rainy, with an average annual precipitation of more than 9,000 millimeters, a forest coverage rate of more than 90 percent, and a variety of organisms.
Coupled with the large number of rivers and the abundance of water resources, having such a land on a harsh plateau is tantamount to feeding many people.
Southern Tibet is on the southern side of the Himalayas, and further south is the more gentle South Asian subcontinent, which is adjacent to India and far from the Chinese-mouthed, economically developed areas, and the illegal "McMahon Line" was drawn along the ridgeline, and it is conceivable how complex the terrain here is.
It is easy for greedy India to invade this area, and it is difficult for China, which was not an infrastructure demon at that time, to run this area, and once the snow closes the mountains and cannot transport anything in, this gives India the opportunity to steal.
India's motives for occupying southern Tibet can be in terms of the value of the southern Tibet region itself and India's greed, and second, it is also due to India's expansion ambitions.
Even if the southern Tibet region does not have such a good climate and environment, India will still encroach on the territory, and India's inflated ambition to encroach on the territory of other countries is well known to the world.
South of the McMahon Line
India has always had a dream of being a big country, it is a big but not strong country, but from India's various behaviors, we can see that India wants to become a single force in the world and sit on an equal footing with the major powers.
India has been encroaching on its surrounding territories for many years and has not had very good relations with its neighbors.
India and China have more than 120,000 square kilometers of territorial disputes, and Pakistan has disputes over the Kashmir region, and Nepal has a large area of territorial disputes and conflicts, and Bangladesh has enclaves in each other's territory.
There have been clashes between the two sides surrounding these enclaves and the resources of the Ganges, with India and Sri Lanka, which are across the sea, over disputes over maritime delimitation.
It can be said that india and its neighbors almost all have territorial disputes or frictions, and the specific analysis of India's occupation of southern Tibet is of course different, but this is also a step in India's expansion.
We can take Sikkim and Bhutan, which has been annexed by India to become the state of Sikkim, where Bhutan has been deeply controlled by India, and India is thinking of swallowing Bhutan. Therefore, india's expansion is not entirely accurate if it is simply understood as if it wants to occupy some important positions and expand its territory.
Historically, some countries who want to expand their territory have only dared to create disputes at the border, which is easier to blur the facts, and it is not easy for the outside world to distinguish whose territory is in the border areas of the two sides.
To say that the entire territory or capital of a neighboring country is disputed is certainly not justified. But for India, it is by no means just trying to create some controversy on the borders of neighboring countries to expand some territory, and it is not an exaggeration to say that if any neighbor gives in to India, one day India will dare to turn your capital into a disputed area, no matter the size of your country.
Sikkim
Not only in southern Tibet, but also in all the areas that India has created controversy to encroach on or have already encroached upon, we find that in addition to India's expansion ambitions mentioned earlier, another factor is the geographical factor.
First, India is on the plains of the South Asian subcontinent, and to the north is the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, India is worried that if a fight starts, China will be condescending and unfavorable to India.
Second, disputed areas such as the southern Tibet region and the Aksai Chin region have a suitable climate in southern Tibet, and the Aksai Chin region is a basin on the plateau, and the two areas are not small, and they can build infrastructure, raise troops, and also provide logistical support for the army.
Southern Tibet is located in the northern part of the prominent area in northeast India, and if China actually controls it, once there is a conflict, it can cut off the Siliguri Corridor, which is only twenty kilometers away, and the southern Tibet region will add strength to the fighting dogs, and the bulk northeast of India will soon disintegrate.
If you go south a few hundred kilometers south from the Aksai Chin region is the capital of India, cars, tanks and a few feet of throttle.
Because of its important geographical location, India wants to occupy these areas on the plateau, so that it is difficult for the Chinese army to gain a foothold here, thus avoiding China's condescending advantage over India.
At the same time, India wants to occupy such an area as southern Tibet in order to expand in the long run, there are not many good places on such a large area on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and occupying one more can greatly enhance the control of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which is the highest altitude place in Asia, many large rivers originate here, and controlling the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is controlling the Asian water tower.
India also takes into account that if there is a conflict between China and India, the Chinese army is backed by the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which in the past era of China's backwardness was an insurmountable barrier to logistical support, and transportation will no longer be a problem after China's development.
China-India
In this way, India can face very few targets on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and the armored mechanized troops cannot drive up. India, on the other hand, is less than a third the size of China, has a comparable population, and everything is densely packed on India's Great Plains, with too many targets to hit.
Indians really lack the pattern of looking at the problem, India's encroachment will not bring it any benefit, now India has deployed a lot of mountain divisions and mountain troops, tens of thousands of troops, these soldiers need heating in the highland mountains, need supplies, and supplies will have to build more infrastructure, especially roads for transportation.
In order to equip mountain troops with weapons for mountain warfare, it is also necessary to buy a variety of weapons from all over the world, and the weapons will be slaughtered. India's current situation is that it has not yet turned itself into a world power through expansion, but it has first carried a heavy burden on its thin foundation.
Mountain Division Mountain Army
India's thinking is completely based on the heart of a villain, China is a peace-loving country, there will be no expansion ideas, just as the so-called "people do not offend me, I do not offend."
These geographical locations do have full advantages from a military point of view, but if India is safe enough, China will not use these advantages to attack India, and India's disputes and occupation of Chinese territory will only bring losses to India.
China's comprehensive national strength is several times that of India, and it is impossible for India today to take away an inch of territory from China.
If there is a stalemate, as China continues to develop every inch of territory, it will inevitably arouse the vigilance and disgust of its neighboring neighbors, and the unsociable India cannot move away from South Asia, but can only suffer.
For China, from some points of view, in a certain period of time to guard against India than to guard against the United States to pay more energy, the United States and India are provoking China, the United States is more concerned about interests than India, as long as China is still a strong country, the United States will not directly conflict with China, when the situation is almost uncontrollable, the United States will take the initiative to cool down.
When U.S. hegemony declined, even if it was still a regional power, it did not dare to challenge China.
India is different, India has always been a regional power, but has not stopped provoking China, the two countries are very large, started late, are ancient civilizations, similar places are many, India likes to compare with China.
The United States can not move to Asia, but India is just to the south of us, bulk India is backward in development, GDP is only about one-fifth of China's, after experiencing the epidemic, India's development will inevitably retreat in a big way, and Indian politicians will unite the people and divert contradictions by creating friction between China and will become the norm.
India has deployed a large number of mountain troops, built roads, and built outposts in the north, compared with the movement of warships and military aircraft of Western countries, one is more directly aimed at China, and the other is a long-term plan, which is more dangerous.
As in the previous analysis of the importance of the southern Tibet region and the motivation of India's occupation, India's encroachment will certainly not stop in the southern Tibet region, and the southern Tibet region will become the basis for India to continue to create controversy and long-term expansion. So based on this, we must be more vigilant against India and prevent further expansion.
At the same time, with the continuous enhancement of China's national strength and infrastructure construction capabilities, it will be sooner or later to reclaim the war-torn territories occupied by India, including the southern Tibet region, which will be one of the things that must be done on the road to China's rejuvenation.
[1] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterates China's position that the southern Tibet region belongs to Chinese territory and does not recognize India's illegal state establishment.2021.1.23.National Defense Times
[2] Indian media: Under the tense border situation, the Indian Ministry of National Defense will build a new barracks in southern Tibet.2021.2.1.Global Times