'The New Border Law May Not Impact India And Bhutan Now ...'

China's new border management law was approved by the country's parliament over the weekend. It apparently flows from President Xi Jinping's thinking that strengthening borders with neighbours is essential to Beijing's global ambitions. Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli, who teaches and researches on China at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University, spoke to StratNewsGlobal about the import of this law. In his view, it is about China's settled borders with neighbours like Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Vietnam. Yet, even in these areas there remain certain points where there are issues. Prof Kondapalli believes India and Bhutan may no be not be directly affected by the law now since China's borders with both countries remain in dispute. Nevertheless, the enhanced PLA presence here and the growth of border towns and villages are pointers to how Beijing is weaponising a variety of instruments to ensure its writ runs on the border. #India #China CurrentAffairs Tune in to this conversation on StratNewsGlobal with Prof Srikanth Kondapalli. StratNewsGlobal is your one-stop destination for strategic analysis from an Indian perspective. Since many of our well-wishers requested a UPI payment id to contribute and support us, here’s the link: https://stratnewsglobal.com/support-us/ If you like our work and want us to do more, do consider donating and subscribing. Every bit helps. 🙏 Subscribe to our YouTube channel. Press the 🔔 icon to get the latest updates