Bhutan- China relations - Revision history

Jyoti: /* Territorial issues/ Chinese incursions into Bhutanese territory */

2024-03-07T20:28:57Z

‎Territorial issues/ Chinese incursions into Bhutanese territory

Jyoti: /* 2017: China attempting to change the status quo */

2021-11-13T13:57:57Z

‎2017: China attempting to change the status quo

Jyoti: /* 2018: China minister discusses Doklam issue */

2020-11-30T07:40:35Z

‎2018: China minister discusses Doklam issue

Jyoti: /* Doklam plateau */

2020-11-30T07:39:24Z

‎Doklam plateau

Jyoti: /* China proposes ‘package solution */

2020-11-30T04:58:43Z

‎China proposes ‘package solution

Pdewan at 18:10, 29 November 2020

2020-11-29T18:10:12Z

Pdewan: /* = 2020: China claims Bhutan's land */

2020-11-29T18:00:46Z

‎= 2020: China claims Bhutan's land

Pdewan: /* Sakteng/ 2020: China claims Bhutan's land */

2020-11-29T18:00:25Z

‎Sakteng/ 2020: China claims Bhutan's land

Pdewan: /* 2020: China claims land in Bhutan's Sakteng */

2020-11-29T17:59:26Z

‎2020: China claims land in Bhutan's Sakteng

Pdewan: /* 2020 */

2020-11-29T17:57:21Z

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	At the Beijing gathering, former diplomat Mao Siwei suggested Bhutan had initially accepted the offer, but "because of a variety of reasons, and perhaps because of the Indian security problem, they finally didn't agree". Beijing believes that may not forever be the case.		At the Beijing gathering, former diplomat Mao Siwei suggested Bhutan had initially accepted the offer, but "because of a variety of reasons, and perhaps because of the Indian security problem, they finally didn't agree". Beijing believes that may not forever be the case.
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		+	=== Border talks MoU===
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL/2021/10/15&entity=Ar00505&sk=E6805C91&mode=text Sachin Parashar, Oct 15, 2021: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	[[File: Issues between China and Bhutan, and their implications for India, As in 2021.jpg\|Issues between China and Bhutan, and their implications for India, As in 2021 <br/> From: [https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL/2021/10/15&entity=Ar00505&sk=E6805C91&mode=text Sachin Parashar, Oct 15, 2021: ''The Times of India'']\|frame\|500px]]
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		+	Bhutan and China signed an MoU for what they called a “threestep roadmap” for expediting boundary negotiations which, according to Thimphu, will provide fresh impetus to talks and can bring them to a successful conclusion acceptable to both sides.
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		+	The MoU comes at a time when India’s own talks with China to resolve the military standoff in eastern Ladakh remain inconclusive.
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		+	Like India, Bhutan remains locked in a boundary dispute with China and while the two have held 24 rounds of border talks since 1984, the last time they held negotiations was in 2016, before the Doklam standoff involving India in 2017.
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		+	India closely follows all boundary engagements between Bhutan and China as Chinese claims over disputed territories have serious security implications for New Delhi. The MEA was extremely cautious in reacting to the development.
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		+	“We have noted the signing of the MoU between Bhutan and China. You are aware that Bhutan and China have been holding boundary negotiations since 1984. Similarly, India has been holding boundary negotiations with China,” said MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi, when asked whether Bhutan had kept India informed about the MoU.
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		+	For many, and going by past behaviour, it’s inconceivable that Bhutan would not have discussed an MoU on the boundary issue without explaining at least the broad contours to Indian authorities.
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		+	''' Bhutan yet to accept China’s 1996 ‘package deal’ on Doklam '''
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		+	Bhutan has so far not accepted the Chinese 1996 ‘package deal’ that offered to exchange territory in central Bhutan for Doklam, located dangerously close to India’s Siliguri Corridor.
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		+	The 2017 Doklam standoff further complicated the border issue as India saw the PLA’s construction of a road in the area as a violation of the 2012 bilateral agreement that tri-junction boundary points between India, China and third countries will be finalised in consultation with the concerned countries. China settled the boundary with Russia with a formal agreement in 2008 and has reached agreements in some other cases, but remains embroiled in maritime disputes with Japan and several Asean nations.
		+	The text of the MoU has not yet been made public. Bhutan said in its announcement that during the 10th expert group meeting with China in April this year, the sides had agreed on the roadmap that will apparently build on the 1988 Guiding Principles for settlement of the boundary and expedite negotiations. It was reported at the time that Bhutan and China had discussed a three-step roadmap.
		+	A month later, there were reports that Bhutan had reservations about the roadmap, one of which related to China’s claim over the Sakteng wildlife sanctuary (close to the Arunachal border), and that Bhutan had suggested some amendments. It’s not clear yet to what extent China has taken those amendments into account. Thimphu said the roadmap will provide fresh impetus to the boundary talks and that it expects that its implementation “in a spirit of goodwill, understanding and accommodation” will bring the boundary negotiations to a successful conclusion.
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 The Chinese foreign ministry confirmed that boundary issues with India were discussed.
 [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/bhutan-ambassador-refutes-claim-of-china-setting-up-village-inside-bhutanese-territory/articleshow/79323005.cms  November 20, 2020: ''The Times of India'']
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 The Pangda village lies 2 kilometres within Bhutanese territory.
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	The Chinese foreign ministry confirmed that boundary issues with India were discussed.		The Chinese foreign ministry confirmed that boundary issues with India were discussed.
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		+	==2020: Pangda village==
		+	[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/bhutan-ambassador-refutes-claim-of-china-setting-up-village-inside-bhutanese-territory/articleshow/79323005.cms November 20, 2020: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	Bhutan Ambassador refutes claim of China setting up village inside Bhutanese territory
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		+	NEW DELHI: Bhutan on Friday has rejected the Chinese state media report claiming that the Chinese authorities have set up a village inside Bhutanese territory.
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		+	"There is no Chinese village inside Bhutan," Major General Vetsop Namgyel, Bhutanese Ambassador to India, told ANI.
		+	This comes after Shen Shiwei, CGTN News producer, had tweeted, "Now, we have permanent residents living in the newly established Pangda village. It's along the valley where 35 km south to Yadong county."
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		+	Later the tweet was removed.
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		+	The Pangda village lies 2 kilometres within Bhutanese territory.
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 China for the first time staked claim over Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary at the Global Environment Facility Council recently. Later, Bhutan’s embassy here issued a demarche to the Chinese mission saying Sakteng was an integral part of the country.
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+[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/beijing-takes-its-south-china-sea-strategy-to-the-himalayas/articleshow/79475166.cms  STEVEN LEE MYERS, NYT News Service, November 29, 2020: ''The Times of India'']
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+[[File: Images from December 2020, left, and October 2020 show the construction of military storage bunkers in Chinese territory near Bhutan. (Maxar Technologies of National Defence via The New York Times).jpg|Images from December 2020, left, and October 2020 show the construction of military storage bunkers in Chinese territory near Bhutan. (Maxar Technologies of National Defence via The New York Times) <br/> From: [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/beijing-takes-its-south-china-sea-strategy-to-the-himalayas/articleshow/79475166.cms  November 29, 2020: ''The Times of India'']|frame|500px]]
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+Just in time for its National Day in October, China completed construction of a new village high in the mountains where the Chinese region of Tibet meets the kingdom of Bhutan. A hundred people moved into two dozen new homes beside the Torsa River and celebrated the holiday by raising China’s flag and singing the national anthem.
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+“Each of us is a coordinate of the great motherland,” a border guard was quoted as saying by an official state news agency, China Tibetan News.
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+The problem is, these new “coordinates” are more than a mile inside what Bhutan considers its territory.
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+The construction, documented in satellite photos, followed a playbook China has used for years. It has brushed aside neighbors’ claims of sovereignty to cement its position in territorial disputes by unilaterally changing the facts on the ground.
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 China for the first time staked claim over Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary at the Global Environment Facility Council recently. Later, Bhutan’s embassy here issued a demarche to the Chinese mission saying Sakteng was an integral part of the country.
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 [https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2020%2F07%2F22&entity=Ar01416&sk=CA55C950&mode=text  Sachin Parashar, July 22, 2020: ''The Times of India'']
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 China for the first time staked claim over Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary at the Global Environment Facility Council recently. Later, Bhutan’s embassy here issued a demarche to the Chinese mission saying Sakteng was an integral part of the country.
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