China’s Intrusion In Ladakh Is Rooted In Beijing’s Middle Kingdom Mentality: Lobsang Sangay

Jan 25, 2021

“Galwan valley tragedy was planned while Prime Minister Modii was signing an agreement or meeting with Xi Jinping in Tamil Nadu. Because, if you look at the preparation of Galwan Valley (intrusion) with 10,000 to 30,000 troops, it would have taken six months to 12 months to bring all supplies and troops to the border.”

New Delhi, Chinas intrusion into Ladakh is rooted in Beijings Middle Kingdom mentality

and the five-finger strategy of Mao Zedong for the region, says Lobsang Sangay, President of the Central Tibetan Authority (CTA).

In an exclusive interview with India Narrative, Sangay said that India should not have been surprised either by the 2017 Doklam incident or the recent Ladakh intrusion as both events were rooted in the six decades old five finger strategy of Mao, the founder the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

“I have said it on (Indian) national television many times that China has a five-finger policy. Tibet is the palm (so they decided) to occupy Tibet.

Then (they thought) let us capture Ladakh… Let’s (also) capture Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and Arunachal, and in between there is Uttarakhand and Himachal also. So, this was in the 1950s. So, when Galwan happened or when Doklam happened there was surprise as to how this happened. But 60 years ago (China had) openly declared (its view).”

He added: What is happening in Nepal? It is nothing new, it has been said before. The reality is that not only are they (the Chinese) interfering in Nepal and Burma, but also in Indian territory.

The Darjeeling-born and Harvard educated Sikyong, or President, of the CTA, the Tibetan government in exile, stressed that “expansionism” is part of the Chinese DNA and it is rooted in Beijing’s deeply embedded Middle Kingdom mentality. “The term Zhongguo (the commonly known name of China) means Middle Kingdom. All in the periphery are barbarians. Tibetans are Barbarians, Indians are barbarians, everybody; they are the greatest civilization, the greatest race and all have to be civilized. So, expansionism is in their DNA. If you really think that they will not expand into your territory then you have not understood imperial

China or the concept of Middle Kingdom. (Therefore) they are interfering in Nepal, in Myanmar and all the neghbouring countries and now incursion into Indian territory,” he observed.

Sangay pointed out that Ladakh intrusion which led to the Galwan valley tragedy in which 20 Indian troops and the unknown number of the Chinese soldiers were killed was being plotted when Chinese leader Xi Jinping was meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi for an informal summit in Chennai in 2019.

Courtesy: ET