High Time India Settled Border With China. New Delhi Can’t Afford Another Sumdorong Chu

File image of PM Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping. ( Image Source :Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images )

China and Bhutan are almost at the finishing line in their border negotiations, and once negotiations wrap up, the only country with which Beijing will have an unresolved border is India. In the long run, as geopolitical dynamics undergo a churn, this can become not just a strategic concern but a dangerous proposition for the country’s development, peace and stability.  The never-ending saga of border skirmishes – that have now turned violent and made all existing border