CHINA-INDIA: CHINESE MEDIA ARTICLE CRITICAL OF BHUTAN

An article captioned 'Bhutan is making trouble in Donglang? India frequently provokes neighbouring countries, Pakistan and Nepal' and criticising the India-Bhutan relationship was posted on the Chinese government-maintained Baijiahao portal on September 5. It said "With the increase of Indian troops in Ladakh, the situation in South Asia is affected by India's own factors as well as neighbouring countries around India. The geopolitical changes in the Indian subcontinent and the Asia-Pacific region have prompted India to hope to achieve strategic alliances with neighbouring countries. At present, from the perspective of South Asian countries, Bhutan is the most pro-India: Bhutan's current military, economy, currency, road construction rights, etc., are all unified under India. If the Indian government orders Bhutan to merge into India tomorrow, Bhutan will absolutely obey. Even Bhutan has acted as India's "pawn and thug", and has repeatedly provoked in the Donglang area. 

India and Bhutan have very close relations

Bhutan hopes to block the Siliguri Corridor for the Indian army, so that parts of northeastern India will be split and there will be no major independence or cut off from the Indian mainland. The king
of Bhutan has basically surrendered to India for many years, and "willingly" act as a pioneer and paving stone for India! Obviously, as a small South Asian country, it has reached the level of
unscrupulous measures in order to obtain strong support from India. Bhutan is almost joining India. However, the current South Asian countries, except Bhutan, are at odds with India. For example,
Nepal deliberately did not resolve the border dispute with India, and now Nepal is using this strategic advantage. In addition, there were frequent exchanges of fire with India, and the most tense border conflict in history occurred between the two countries. Nepalese troops repeatedly killed Indian soldiers who crossed the border. Nepal hopes to rely on its own strength and foreign aid to try to limit Indian aggression.

India and Bhutan originally had a border
Before the 1962 war, King Mahendra maintained a neutral position in the war between India and traditional opponents. After India was defeated in the war, he took the opportunity to choose that moment, seeking India's concession to its territory and obtaining some concessions. The Indians insisted that this was an unrighteous act by Nepal, especially when India was relatively fragile, which was unacceptable to the Indians. Therefore, the Indian army once again sent troops to occupy the 4 territories that had already been allocated to Nepal. At the same time, India also hopes that Nepal will default to roads built by India.

Domestic Bhutan
But it not only made sure that India acquiesced in it, but India’s traditional rivals were building the road from Kodari to Kathmandu. Pakistan went further and fought three wars with India, fighting every day in small battles. Obviously, Pakistan is more appropriate to be determined to fight India to the end. For India, because there are too many enemies, the Indians themselves have forgotten how
many enemies they have to face.







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