The People’s Liberation Army, the world’s largest armed force, said its capability to protect China’s territory was “indomitable” and it was ready to step up deployment on the plateau, which is close to India’s northeastern state of Sikkim. The Chinese troops had undertaken emergency response measures and would step up deployment and drills in the area, he said. Bhutan and India maintain that Doklam, or Donglang as the Chinese call it, is a Bhutanese territory. Donglang was Chinese territory and building a road on its territory was an act of sovereignty, Wu said. “The crossing of the mutually recognised international border by India is a serious violation of China’s territory and runs against international law,” he said.

Source: Hindustan Times July 24, 2017 05:38 UTC