China's territorial threats reach far beyond Taiwan, writes MRubin1971.
."We will not renounce the use of force, and we reserve the option of taking all necessary measures," a new Chinese Communist Party white paper subsequently declared. Beijing may feel its bluster works. Four times now, President Joe Biden has promised to defend Taiwan, only to have his aides then walk back his statements.
Xi’s ambitions might be further west. Consider Bhutan, for example: In 2017, the People’s Liberation Army pushed into Bhutanese territory in the Doklum Valley, where the borders of India, China, and the mountainous kingdom of Bhutan converge. While Chinese forces agreed to withdraw after the Indian Army came to Bhutan’s defense, over subsequent years, China resumed its incursion.
In October 2022, I drove across the 17,480-foot Tanglang La Pass to visit Pangong Lake, which spans the India-China border. It is a tense area. In May 2020, Chinese troops set upon Indian soldiers across the Line of Actual Control. A month later, Chinese forces attacked Indian troops in the nearby Galwan Valley, bludgeoning them with barbed wire-wrapped clubs and stabbing them with shivs.
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