PLA must not swallow what it cannot digest. They should know, India is Himalaya and it has stood on its immortal strength for centuries, it cannot be pushed by any mortal threats.China warns India to 'correct its mistakes and said that it is easier to shake a mountain than PLA.
"Shaking a mountain is easy but shaking the People's Liberation Army is hard," defence ministry spokesman Wu Qian told a briefing, adding that its ability to defend China's territory and sovereignty had "constantly strengthened". Wu made this assertion ahead of this week's National Security Advisors' (NSA) talks to resolve the standoff. The standoff on a plateau next to the mountainous Sikkim, which borders China, has ratcheted up tension between the neighbouring countries.
Sikkim standoff: India cannot afford to allow China to change the status quo.The two sides' troops then confronted each other close to a valley controlled by China that separates India from its close ally, Bhutan, and gives China access to the so-called Chicken's Neck, a thin strip of land connecting India and its remote northeastern regions. India has clarified its stand and had warned China that construction of the road near their common border would have serious security implications.
The Indian Army is ready for a long haul in holding onto its position in the Doklam area near the Bhutan tri-junction, notwithstanding China ratcheting up rhetoric against India demanding to pull back of its troops.
Indian soldiers deployed in the area have pitched in tents, in an indication that they are unlikely to retreat unless there was reciprocity from China's army personnel in ending the face-off at an altitude of around 10,000 feet in the Sikkim sector.
The borders of India, Bhutan and China meet at Doka La, which holds strategic importance to all the three nations. China calls Doka La its own territory but India and Bhutan call it Bhutanese territory.
Indian officials have confirmed that about 300 soldiers from either side are facing each other about 150 meters apart on the plateau. They told Reuters that both sides' diplomats have quietly engaged in trying to ensure the standoff does not escalate and that India's ambassador to Beijing is leading the effort to find a way for both sides to back down from confrontation without losing face.