Indian-American lawmaker slams China for military post near disputed border with India

A senior American lawmaker of Indian descent has highlighted the danger of China constructing a military post near the disputed border with India.

Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi called it "another disturbing sign of Beijing’s growing regional aggression". He said that the US needs to "reaffirm and strengthen joint efforts with India and other security partners".

As the Chinese Communist Party’s domestic repression, brutal persecution of Uyghurs, and online misinformation efforts continue to escalate, so too do the signs of its growing international military aggression stretching from India to the Taiwan Strait, he said.

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Krishnamoorthy was reacting to a report in Politico which cited satellite imagery.

"The pictures, obtained by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies’ China Power project and shared with NatSec Daily, show the People’s Liberation Army constructed a headquarters and garrison to house troops at Pangong Tso, a remote lake that stretches across the Line of Actual Control between the two countries,” Politico reported.

(With PTI inputs)