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Catherine Wong

China on Monday issued its ­strongest warning yet to India over their month-long border ­dispute, saying Beijing would ­protect its sovereignty “at all costs”.
Observers believe that China’s stepping up of its rhetoric, which came before a high-level security meeting that involves both Chinese and Indian security officials, gives Beijing more bargaining power in the talks with New Delhi.
China flexes its military muscle in Tibet, close to border dispute with India
Defence ministry spokesman Wu Qian also said that China planned to strengthen its “targeted deployment and exercises” along the disputed border, and that India should “have no ­illusions” about its military’s capabilities or commitment.

Wu’s comments came just a week after state broadcaster CCTV reported that Chinese troops had taken part in a military exercise using live ammunition on the Tibetan Plateau.
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The location was not far from Doklam, where Chinese and ­Indian forces remain locked in a stand-off sparked by a road construction project in a disputed border area shared with Bhutan.
Speaking just a week ahead of the 90th anniversary of the founding of the PLA, Wu said: “We urge the Indian side not to take any chances or hold any illusions.” He added that China had strengthened its capabilities in safeguarding its national sovereignty over the past 90 years. “It’s easier to shake a mountain than to shake the PLA,” he said.
President Xi Jinping will observe war games in a military base in Inner Mongolia, the largest in China, to mark the anniversary, the Post has learned. Wu said an announcement would be made “at an appropriate time”.

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Foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said later in the day that Indian National Security Adviser Ajit Doval would be among the guests hosted by Beijing during a security officials meeting of the BRICS countries on Thursday and Friday, also involving Brazil, Russia and South Africa.
State Councillor Yang Jiechi, who along with Doval is the special representative on the border issues, will also attend.
Lu refused to confirm whether the border issue would be discussed at the meeting.
“China hopes to maintain the peace and stability of the China-India border area, but certainly will not make any compromise on issues of territorial sovereignty,” Reuters cited Lu as saying.
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Wang Dehua, an specialist on South Asia at the Shanghai ­Municipal Centre for International Studies, said the remarks from the defence ministry could be seen as a bottom line drawn by Beijing for India ahead of the talks.
Ministry spokesman Wu also said that China’s road project in the Doklam region was “appropriate and legal”, adding that it was New Delhi that had violated Chinese sovereignty.
He reiterated Beijing’s position that the withdrawal of Indian troops was the “prerequisite and foundation” for peace talks.
“China is warning India against misjudging the international situation and repeating the mistakes made by Nehru in thinking that China would not fight back,” said Wang, referring to the 1962 Sino-Indian war overseen by former Indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
Manoranjan Mohanty, the former head of the New Delhi-based Institute of Chinese Studies, said rhetoric had created a charged atmosphere in both countries, but that official interactions had gone on that would help contain the crisis.


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FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2016, file photo, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at a signing ceremony by foreign ministers during the BRICS summit in Goa, India. India and China have faced off frequently since fighting a bloody 1962 war that ended with China seizing control of some territory. India’s army chief warned in July 2017 that India’s army was capable of fighting “2 1/2 wars” if needed to secure its borders. The dispute was discussed briefly without resolution by Xi and Modi on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

(From left to right)Senior Colonel Lu Yu, Deputy Director-general of Legal Affairs Office of the General Office of CMC， Major General Zhou Shangping, Deputy Director-general of Operations Bureau of Joint Staff Department of CMC，Senior Colonel Zhang Chengwen, Deputy Chief of General Office of the Political Work Department of CMC，Senior Colonel Wu Qian, Deputy Director-general of Information Office, and Spokesperson of the Ministry of National Defense talk about the Development of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army at a presser at the State Council Information Office in Beijing. 24JUL17 SCMP / Simon Song

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*** ONE TIME USE ONLY *** Internet picture of Indian Soldier at the Nathu La border crossing between India and China in india's Northeastern Sikkim state. Photo: Handout

File - In this Wednesday, Oct. 23,2013, file photo, an Indian national flag is flown next to the Chinese national emblem during a welcome ceremony for visiting Indian officials outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. India says it is ready to hold talks with China with both sides pulling back their forces to end a standoff along a disputed territory high in the Himalayan mountains. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Young Buddhist monks attend the 'Degon Yarchos Chenmo 2017' (Buddhist Summer Council) at the Diskit monastery in the Nubra Valley in India's Ladakh region near the Chinese border on July 12, 2017. China and India have engaged in countless spats over the Tibetan community since New Delhi granted sanctuary in 1959 to Dalai Lama, who celebrated his 82nd birthday in Ladakh on July 6, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / MONEY SHARMA

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