Thimphu, capital of Bhutan, is a tiny land-locked hill-station. Bhutanese society originally believed in Totemism before adopting Tibetan Buddhism in 7th century AD. China's claims to Indian territories are based on Tibet's historically irredentist claims on these territories. China highlights Tibet as the core issue with India by laying claim to Indian territories on the basis of purported Tibetan ecclesial or tutelary links, rather than any ethnic Chinese connection. Even though Bhutan’s Buddhist religion is very similar to that of Tibet, Thimpu has maintained a very strict distinct identity. It has not confused its identity with that of Tibet. Bhutan had recognised long ago that threats to its territory do not come from China’s claims but from Tibet’s claims, so Bhutan has maintained the distinction. The same was the case with the Sikkim monarchy till 1975. In Tibet, there is the yellow sect of Buddhism. These yellow sect’s Lamas have historically been an instrument of expansion for Beijing. In India’s Bihar, Bengal, and Odisha, there is the red sect of Buddhism, distinct from that of Tibet. In Doklam / Donglang, China aim was to build roads & helipad infrastructure, near the Bhutanese border, a permanent forward troop presence too and carry out military training. The entire reason was china trying to prove to Bhutan that Bhutanese security cannot be secure without Chinese hand above them. However, due to the Indo-China agreement, China could not bring additional troops unless India matched their troop numbers. So China created a dispute by coming a few kilometres to build a road inside the Indian patrol area, which led to both sides amassing huge troop numbers. China quickly de-escalated the situation and the Indian media concluded that it was an Indian diplomatic victory (whereas media in China is state controlled). In reality, with the de-escalation, the Indian troop went back whereas the Chinese only vacated the Indian patrol area, but their troops never went back. Instead, Chinese build motorable roads and multiple helipad infrastructure, a permanent forward troop presence and carry out military training. China's "two steps forward, one step back" changed the status-quo on the ground. To subdue your competitor without fighting is the acme of skill. The ultimate slap in the face was the June 2020 expansion of the Chinese claims over Bhutan, by bringing to the fore, one claim that had not figured in any of the 24 rounds of Bhutan-China border talks till now. The Chinese action in unilaterally making the Mochu river the border and occupying all of Doklam goes against the 1890 Anglo Chinese Convention that China invoked in 2017. This clearly said that the border would be at “the crest of the mountain range, separating waters flowing into the Sikkim Teesta from the waters flowing into the Tibetan Mochu.” But today, the Chinese are not on the watershed, but at the very banks of Mochu. Further, all this is in violation of their own solemn commitment in 1998 that during the period the two sides are trying to work out a border settlement, “the status quo of the boundary prior to March 1959 be upheld.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96i1OpqPVs
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