China dares India, says ready for 'all-out confrontation'

In this photo taken on July 13 2017 the band of The Royal Regiment of Scotland with Pipes and Drums of the 7th Battalion perform during the International Military Tattoo in Hong Kong as part of celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the citys handover from British to Chinese rule PicAFPChina on Tuesday again told India to withdraw its troops from the disputed border at Doklam as a Chinese newspaper warned that Beijing was battle ready and not afraid to go to war with India in an allout confrontationForeign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said foreign diplomats in Beijing were briefed over the Doklam standoff and that Indian troops had illegally crossed the mutually recognised ChinaIndia boundary on the Sikkim sectionHe said India should not take the illegal trespass as a policy to realise its political target adding the foreign diplomats in Beijing were shocked over the trespass by IndiaChina and India have a 3488km border of which 220 km falls in the Sikkim sector where Doklam is situated Doklam is at a trijunction between India China and BhutanChina calls Doklam its own a claim contested by India and BhutanChina said India violated international rules by illegally entering into the Chinese territory Beijing has been trying to rally international support behind itThe illegal trespass by the Indian border personnel has drawn extensive attention from the international community and many foreign diplomatic missions in China said they were shocked by this Lu saidWe stressed the facts are very clear in this incident The Sikim section on ChinaIndia boundary is mutually recognised by the two sides Lu added This time the Indian border personnel illegally trespassed into Chinese territoryLu warned India to withdraw troops from Doklam to avoid an escalation We hope the Indian side get the clear understanding of the current situation and take immediate measures to pull back the personnelMeanwhile a commentary in the staterun Global Times said China doesnt fear going to war and will make itself ready for a longterm confrontationThe article by Duo Mu said China must deploy more troops along the border with India and speed up road construction in Doklam where the two sides have been engaged in a monthlong standoffIt suggested that New Delhi triggered the dispute as it was worried over Chinas rapid economic rise The standoff began when Indian troops stopped Chinese soldiers from building a road in DoklamChina doesnt fear going to war to safeguard sovereignty either and will make itself ready for a longterm confrontation said the commentaryThe writer said one important reason that prompted India to trigger the border dispute was its worry over Chinas economic developmentChina has risen quickly to be the worlds No 2 economy New Delhi is deeply concerned with Chinas rapid rise Provocation at the border reflects Indias worry and attempt to sound out ChinaThe commentary said China doesnt recognise the land under Indias actual control as Indian territory and accused New Delhi of poisoning the atmosphere for border negotiationsChina must be prepared for future conflicts and confrontation China can take further countermeasures along the Line of Actual Control LACIf India stirs up conflicts in several spots it must face the consequence of an allout confrontation with China along the entire LAC The 3500km border has never been short of disputes Since the 1962 border war the Indian side has repeatedly made provocationsChina must continue strengthening border construction and speed up troop deployment and construction in the Doklam area Duo said These are legitimate actions of a sovereign country