July 5, 2017

Editor's Note:

India border guards crossed over the Sikkim section of the China-India border to the China side and triggered a face-off with Chinese troops. What is behind India's decision to provoke a border dispute? What actions should China take to deal with provocation from India? How will this dispute influence the China-India relationship? Global Times reporter Yang Chuchu interviewed two scholars on these issues.

Li Qingyan, associate research fellow at the Department for International and Strategic Studies of the China Institute of International Studies

The present China-India border dispute is a very serious event. India has entered Chinese territory without permission, and obstructed normal activities of Chinese frontier forces in the Donglang area of the Sikkim sector. This is not acceptable to any country. Some senior officials in India have even made irresponsible remarks on the current standoff between Indian and Chinese troops, such as, "The situation in 1962 was different and India of 2017 is different," which has worsened the situation.

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