According to US Gen Flynn China’s LAC infra builds up alarming

By Our Special Correspondent

A senior US military commander today said some of the defence infrastructure is being set up by China near its border with India is alarming and the corrosive behavior of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the Indo-Pacific region is simply not helpful.

General Charles A Flynn, Commanding General, US Army Pacific described it as "destabilizing and corrosive behavior" by China as he talked about the Chinese infrastructure build-up across the Himalayan frontier.

The western theatre command of the Chinese army borders India, facing Ladakh. India and China have been locked in a standoff along the LAC since May 5, 2020, when there was a violent clash between the two sides in the Pangong lake area.

General Flynn said China's ''incremental and insidious path, and destabilizing and corrosive behavior" projected on to the region was "simply not helpful".

India and the US are set to conduct high-altitude training missions at an altitude of between 9,000-10,000 feet in the Himalayas as part of the Yuddh Abhyas exercises this October. The location has not been specified. Indian forces will then train in similar extreme-cold weather conditions in Alaska.

Indian Army Chief General Manoj Pande had on May 9 said China’s intention was to keep alive the boundary question with India. India and China have held 15 rounds of military talks so far to resolve the eastern Ladakh row.