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The Indian-Chinese Confrontation in the Himalayas. a Stress Test For NO. 39 JULY 2020 Introduction The Indian-Chinese Confrontation in the Himalayas A Stress Test for India’s Strategic Autonomy Christian Wagner The confrontation between Indian and Chinese troops in the Himalayas, which has been ongoing since the beginning of May, has escalated into the most serious crisis in relations between the two countries in 45 years. On 15 June, for the first time since 1975, 20 Indian and an unknown number of Chinese soldiers were killed in an inci- dent. The current crisis, unlike previous ones, has wider territorial and political dimensions. It shakes the previous border regime and strains the relationship of trust that was laboriously built up between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping. The confrontation is also a test of India’s strategic autonomy. This corner- stone of Indian foreign policy also includes the claim to an independent role in the geostrategic tensions between China and the United States in the Indo-Pacific. The unresolved border issue in the Hima- more Chinese troops are involved than in layas has been a burden on Chinese-Indian previous incidents. Thirdly, China is now relations for decades. India suffered a mili- claiming areas, such as the Galwan Valley, tary defeat in the border war with China that were previously not disputed. The in 1962, which still has an impact in many current confrontation seems to be due to political discussions today. In the course of a mixture of regional factors, such as the their political rapprochement from the late Kashmir conflict and growing geostrategic 1980s onwards, the current Line of Actual tensions between China, the United States, Control (LAC) was established in 1993. How- and India in the Indo-Pacific. ever, it is not clearly defined, as there are competing territorial claims on as many as 18 places. Kashmir and Its Consequences The current confrontation in the western sector of the Ladakh region, which belongs Many Indian experts see the Modi govern- to Kashmir, differs in several ways from ment’s decision in August 2019 to dissolve earlier ones. Firstly, this time there are ter- the state of Jammu and Kashmir as a trigger ritorial violations not just in one, but in for the current crisis. In the course of the five places. Secondly, it appears that far reorganisation of Kashmir, two new union Map territories were created – including Ladakh the LAC and Shyok River from Darbuk to – which are administered from New Delhi. Daulat Beg Oldie in northern Ladakh (see In addition to Pakistan, China had protested map). There, near the Karakorum Pass to against this decision at the time and had China, India maintains an airfield at an alti- pushed through an informal meeting of the tude of about 5,000 metres, which is of United Nations Security Council on the In- utmost importance for the supply of Indian dian decision. China sees its interests being troops on the Siachen Glacier. The glacier threatened in the Aksai Chin region, which is the highest war zone in the world, where belongs to Kashmir (see map). The People’s Indian and Pakistani troops have faced each Republic has occupied this region, which other since the mid-1980s. contains an important access road to Tibet, since the border war of 1962. Since August 2019, India has continued India, China, and the United to expand its military infrastructure in States in the Indo-Pacific Ladakh, while at the same time reaffirming its historical claim to the whole of Kashmir. The current confrontation is also related to The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, the the geopolitical rivalries in the Indo-Pacific largest single project of the Chinese Silk between China on the one hand, and India Road Initiative, also runs through the Paki- and the United States on the other. India stani part of Kashmir. The Chinese terri- refuses to join the Chinese Silk Road Initia- torial violations can thus be seen as a reac- tive, through which the government in Bei- tion to Indian policy in Kashmir in recent jing has massively expanded its influence months. in India’s neighbourhood in South Asia and China’s territorial gains to date are a the Indian Ocean in recent years. This ap- serious strategic problem for India. Chinese plies not only to Pakistan, which is a stra- control of the Galwan Valley threatens tegic partner of China, and to countries India’s main supply road, which runs along such as Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bangladesh, SWP Comment 39 July 2020 2 but also to the island states in the Indian Firstly, the border regime, which was Ocean. established in the 1990s, is being called into Starting in 2017, India – together with question. Following their rapprochement Australia, Japan, and the United States – at the end of the 1980s, India and China revived the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue signed five agreements and developed a (Quad), which was created in 2007. Since number of confidence-building measures then, the four states have expanded their with regard to the LAC, such as a ban on political, economic, and military coopera- the use of firearms in the event of incidents. tion to address China’s geopolitical ambi- Since 1989, the two states have maintained tions and its Silk Road Initiative. a joint working group to clarify the border’s Despite the rapprochement with the alignment. Both sides also appointed spe- United States and increasing tensions with cial representatives for the border issue – China, India continues to emphasise its by 2019 they had met 22 times in total. strategic autonomy. This includes the claim Secondly, the current crisis is a setback to an independent role in the geopolitical for Prime Minister Modi as well. After the tensions between China and the United Doklam crisis of 2017, he established close States in the Indo-Pacific. In recent years, personal relations with President Xi like he India and China have also repeatedly co- had with no other head of state or govern- operated, for example in the Shanghai ment. With informal summits in Wuhan Cooperation Organisation. Within the Quad, in 2018 and Mahabalipuram in 2019, they India has advocated an inclusive under- sought to overcome the strategic differences standing of the Indo-Pacific, which, in between their states. Possible territorial contrast to the United States, has always losses would also be a stress test for Modi’s included China. nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), In China there is not only resentment since it stands for the territorial unity of about India’s decision on Kashmir but also the country more strongly than any other growing criticism of India’s rapprochement party. with the United States and its closer mili- Thirdly, the crisis once again shows that tary cooperation. The recent claims on India has few options to put pressure on areas along the LAC are also partly seen as China. The People’s Republic, with which “revenge” for the Doklam crisis of 2017. India has its largest trade deficit, has been At the time, China had pushed ahead with its most important trading partner for infrastructure projects in an area that years. In 2019 China was the third-largest Bhutan also claimed; India had prevented market for Indian exports. Chinese technol- these projects by intervening. From this ogy companies have invested more heavily perspective, the current incidents at the in Indian start-up companies in recent LAC are a kind of “punitive action” by years. In November 2019, the Indian gov- which the Chinese leadership signals its ernment withdrew at the last minute from dissatisfaction with India’s behaviour. the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement, which would have increased the trade deficit with China. Challenges for India’s Even before the crisis, the Indian govern- China Policy ment had already tightened the conditions for foreign investors – a move that was Prime Minister Modi’s statement on 19 June mainly directed against Chinese companies. that there had been no violation of Indian Nationalist groups associated with the BJP territory underlined the desire to continue called for a boycott of Chinese goods. They with the current policy towards China, de- feel encouraged by Prime Minister Modi’s spite the gravity of the current crisis. How- new economic policy credo of self-reliance. ever, India’s China policy now faces much The aim is to reduce imports and stimulate greater challenges. domestic production. As a reaction to the SWP Comment 39 July 2020 3 tensions, the clearance of Chinese imports to act on an equal footing with China, this to India has been delayed, among other would be a bitter defeat with presumably things. Indian state companies in turn can- far-reaching domestic and foreign policy celled orders to Chinese companies. Indian consequences. China, for its part, does not companies, however, pointed out that they want its successes at the LAC to encourage were highly dependent on Chinese imports, India to turn to the United States, which it which could not be compensated for with- has always tried to prevent. This could also out higher costs. Given the structure of set in motion a militarisation of the Quad, trade relations, India’s restrictions on Chi- which India has always rejected. Beijing nese companies could even prove counter- would then have paid dearly for its tactical © Stiftung Wissenschaft productive. Furthermore, the Indian gov- gains in the Himalayas: with a strategic set- und Politik, 2020 ernment banned Chinese apps at the end back in the geopolitical tensions with the All rights reserved of June, and Prime Minister Modi deleted United States and the Quad in the Indo- his official page on the Chinese platform Pacific. This Comment reflects Weibo.
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