The ground realityThe impact of August 5 has been felt on two fronts — China and Pakistan. Analysis | China’s Belt and Road Initiative fuels Ladakh standoffFor both India and China, the region is of great strategic importance. More worryMore so, as a second-order consequence of the August decision, New Delhi may have unwittingly brought China and Pakistan closer than ever on the Kashmir question. From being somewhat neutral on the Kashmir question in the 1990s and 2000s, China today is an aggrieved party, or so it claims, in the Kashmir conflict. Also read | China hits out at India on Ladakh, urges India, Pakistan to exercise restraintThe lesson is self-evident.

Source: The Hindu June 24, 2020 18:33 UTC