China is sitting on India's border claiming Indian Territory as it's own; what should India do to decompress this pressure cooker?

CPT Gurinder (Gene) Rana — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 01:05:19 -0500

China is a bully and looks to make the world subservient to it, yet this cannot be farther than reality. Negotiations are not yielding any positive results and China is only tiring India in political bluffs.

Response by 1SG Steven Imerman made Jan 21 at 2021 1:37 AM

1SG Steven Imerman — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 01:37:40 -0500

China has been expansionist since the PRC's establishment in 1949. Now that "China Joe" is president, however, don't look for help from the US.

Response by SMSgt Lawrence McCarter made Jan 21 at 2021 1:52 AM

SMSgt Lawrence McCarter — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 01:52:05 -0500

China has been very busy as a bully all over Southeast Asia to include not only India, but South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam just to start the list. Trying to claim an ocean, the South China Sea as there because its called the South China Sea. Establishing and even making Islands to forward deploy their Military forces to enforce their control once they have taken over. Even on the African continent buying their way into control. It very obvious what China's plan is and step by step they are moving forward with it.

Response by SPC Erich Guenther made Jan 21 at 2021 5:01 AM

SPC Erich Guenther — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 05:01:30 -0500

China only understands military force in border disputes. The only way India can respond is via a very strong military response on the ground which is forbidden due to past treaties they signed on Kashmir. Chinese know this and that's why these skirmishes continue, Chinese know full well the military response is restricted by treaty and so they are low risk. So the only way India can put a stop to it is via further provocation and violation of a past treaty limiting specific arms in Kashmir which I think is the Chinese aim and hit China back with a very strong response. If that happens it opens an arms race in Kashmir or a very major international incident with China being the victim. The only other option India has is a strong diplomatic front in which they would need to build a consensus of Asian Powers of which China has bought most of them off already. So not a good choices for India. China has no business in Kashmir and they never should have been allowed to make a claim there or station troops there during the last major skirmish which I think was the 1960's India did not provide a strong response back then and that has led to events of today. China can afford this slow campaign of 1000 cuts because of the treaties in place and wait out for India to grow tired of it and offer more concessions to stop it. China is not concerned about low to moderate body count being a closed dictatorship, India is being an open democracy. Heavy body count would get Chinas immediate attention though.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 21 at 2021 8:05 AM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 08:05:15 -0500

China has become worse than the USSR, they are more aggressive and basically will not follow any international court rulings so eventually someone is going to have to punch China in the nose.

Response by CPT Gurinder (Gene) Rana made Jan 21 at 2021 9:53 AM

CPT Gurinder (Gene) Rana — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 09:53:39 -0500

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Response by MCPO Roger Collins made Jan 21 at 2021 11:06 AM

MCPO Roger Collins — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:06:27 -0500

Even with Trump pressure they continue their global expansion, what do we expect from one with a soft stance to do?

Response by CPT Lawrence Cable made Jan 21 at 2021 12:48 PM

CPT Lawrence Cable — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 12:48:53 -0500

Nuking Islamabad might get their attention and potentially solve a different problem too. That's not socially acceptable, but I grew up around the Air Force and Curtis Lemay.