How Russia’s Turkestan gift to China rewrote the history of Himalayas and compromised India’s security

Claude Arpi

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Though it is impossible to rewrite history, one can sometimes regret it. Decades ago, a tiny change, the flap of a butterfly's wing, could have created an entirely different situation today.

It is the case in eastern Ladakh where since May 2020, the armies of India and China confront each other and despite 15th rounds of talks between the senior military commanders of the two countries, there is no end in sight, with China refusing to return to its pre-2020 positions.