New Delhi and Beijing exchanged maps of the middle sector as far back as March 2002, but there has been no movement since then. The Chinese side says the “early harvest” proposal was submitted to external affairs minister S Jaishankar when he met Wang Yi in Beijing in August. After the exchange of maps on the middle sector in March 2002, four areas of differences emerged. This early harvest proposal relates to the Sikkim border which is the only one which is settled. So where is the early harvest for India in this?

Source: Hindustan Times December 30, 2019 19:34 UTC