China and India Why has the border dispute between Asia's two giants escalated?

Indian and Chinese troops clashed on their disputed border in the Himalayas, in the first reported incident between the two Asian powers in nearly two years, as China's Foreign Ministry said the border situation is "generally stable" for now.

According to an Indian army statement, on March 9, soldiers from the Chinese People's Liberation Army approached the virtual border in the Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh, India's northeasternmost state claimed by China.

This led to a confrontation and "minor injuries to a few individuals on both sides," but both sides quickly withdrew from the area and local leaders met to discuss the dispute.

For decades, India and China have had numerous disputes along their 2,100-mile border, which stretches across almost the entirety of the Himalayan range.

Cause of the crisis

•  The first chapter of the conflict between the two countries dates back to 1947, when India about Britainand acquired a vast plateau in the northeast of the country, she said. China It belongs to her.
•  India and China have several geographical disputes in Ladakh (west) and Arunachal Pradesh (east), and there was a blitzkrieg between the two countries in 1962, in which Indian forces were defeated.
•  China's attack on Indian troops was the highlight of the conflict, seizing the Aksai Chin highlands that separate the two countries.
•  The last major confrontation between the two countries was in 2017, when China began building a military road on a strategic hill near its border known as the Doklam plateau, which connects Chinese, Indian and Bhutanese territories.
•  In May 2020, a dispute over the construction of an Indian road on a barren plateau in Ladakh, at India's northernmost tip, escalated, and in June of that year, 20 Indian soldiers and an unknown number of Chinese were killed in a standoff in the Galwan River valley.
•  In recent years, soldiers from both sides have patrolled up to the Line of Actual Control, which serves as a virtual border.
•  Under a 1996 bilateral agreement, border forces are prohibited from using firearms within 2 kilometers of the line.
  
  Source: Sky News Arabia