Opinion | From Chinese Yaks, 4G Network To Face-off, India-China Border Sees Myriad Shades Of Geopolitics

Airtel connects the remote Phobrang Village along LAC. (Image Source: Konchok Stanzin, Councillor, Chushul)

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The Line of Actual Control (LAC), the de facto border between India and China, is changing rapidly, transforming the Himalayan geopolitical theatre in an unprecedented manner. The history and geography of the place have been complex right from the days of British explorer Francis Younghusband, and, to this day, it continues to baffle the armies of both India as well as China as they find themselves locked in multiple standoffs (the latest being the one that began in 2020).  Earlier this