The simmering tensions along the Line of Actual Control separating India and China in Ladakh erupted into bloodshed for the first time in more than four decades. China’s actions are counterproductive as they push India into the camp of those powers with shared apprehensions about China. This should drive home the urgency to amicably settle the border dispute and not leave it for future generations to resolve, wrote Associate Professor Anit Mukherjee from RSIS in a commentary.

…Anit Mukherjee is an Assistant Professor at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore