Chinese troops in Bhutan raising concern (Alarm over Chinese incursion)

World Peace Herald ^ | December 28, 2005

[Gengis Khan]

Chinese troops in Bhutan raising concern

By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
Published December 28, 2005

NEW DELHI -- The presence of Chinese soldiers in Bhutan has set off alarm bells in Thimphu and New Delhi.
    
    Chinese soldiers are building roads and bridges deep inside Bhutan, The Hindustan Times newspaper said Wednesday. More than 200 Chinese troops crossed into Bhutan in mid-November.

    
    "Relations between the two countries have been on the edge since then," said the report.
    
    Bhutanese Foreign Minister Khandu Wangchuk took up the matter with Chinese authorities after the issue was raised in Bhutanese parliament.
    
    "They (Chinese) told them (Bhutanese) that they are overreacting and that roads were being built as part of the economic development programs for western China," an Indian intelligence official said.
    
    He said the Bhutanese government informed India about the developments.
    
    "India and Bhutan enjoy a special relationship, and the current developments have come as a matter of serious concern for India," the official said.
    
    Bhutan has a 260-mile unfenced border with China. It also has a 360-mile border with India.
    
    Thimphu told Beijing the crossover by Chinese soldiers into Bhutanese territory was a violation of the 1998 Sino-Bhutanese treaty of peace and tranquility.
    
    "There are chances that Chinese might build more roads further into our territory and gradually claim the land as theirs since they have their roads on our territory," said Bhutanese newspaper Kuensel in an editorial.
    
    According to a Bhutanese diplomat, China has been mounting pressure on the Himalayan kingdom to allow it to open its embassy in Thimphu.

Alarm over Chinese incursion by Pramod Giri Wednesday Dec. 28, 2005, Thimphu: The Chinese are in Bhutan — its soldiers are building roads and bridges deep inside the country and setting off alarms in both Thimphu and Delhi. Over 200 Chinese soldiers crossed into Bhutan in mid-November and since then, the relations between the two countries have been on the edge. Bhutan, which has a 470-km unfenced border with China, considers the unasked-for presence of the Red Army in its territory as a violation of the 1998 Sino-Bhutanese border treaty of peace and tranquillity. Rattled by the developments, the tiny kingdom, which shares a special relationship and a 605-km border with India, has also informed the Indian home ministry. The matter also came up before Bhutan's National Assembly and foreign minister Khandu Wangchuk promised the House that the matter would soon be taken up with the Chinese authorities. On November 13, the Chinese soldiers entered the country’s northern districts, including Paro, and marched 20 km inland, claiming that they had been forced by melting glaciers and heavy snowfall in Tibet to breach the border. But they also went on to infiltrate remote places like Haa, Boomtang and Wangdi Phudrang, which have no human habitation. The Chinese have built pucca bridges in Paro and Haa districts, prompting concern among the people’s representatives from Paro, Haa, Laya, Lunana, Zhemgang and Thimphu. When secretary of international boundaries Dasho Pema Wangchuk took up the issue with the Chinese delegation led by deputy director-general of the Asian department in the China’s ministry of foreign affairs, China just brushed off the apprehensions. “They told the Bhutanese that they were over-reacting and that the roads were being built as part of the economic development programmes for western China,” an Indian intelligence officer said. “India and Bhutan enjoy a special relationship, and the current developments have come as a matter of serious concern for India,” the official added. That the concern is not confined to government circles in Thimphu and Delhi was clear from a recent article in Bhutanese newspaper Kuensel, which said, “There are chances that the Chinese might build more roads further into our territory and gradually claim the land as theirs since they have their roads on our territory.” But why the incursion? Sources said China had been pressing Bhutan to allow it to open its embassy in Thimphu, and the cross-border forays could be a ploy to arm-twist Bhutan into agreeing to it. (Source : Hindustan Times)

[Gengis Khan]

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[HHKrepublican_2]

This is big news. Chinese troops have crossed a border.

[BullDog108]

Its also the Chinese behind the violence in the Kingdom of Nepal.

[tallhappy]

They do that all the time.

[BullDog108]

Don't expect to see this covered by NBCCBSABCCNN anytime soon!

[Buford T. Justice]

...claiming that they had been forced by melting glaciers and heavy snowfall in Tibet to breach the border.

That's a pretty weak excuse, but if the commies are afraid of a little snow, they aren't much of a threat.

[shield]

The Chicom's making inroads in Africa. Once they're set up...wouldn't be surprised to see genocide taking place against the blks. They are extremely bias and hate the black people.

[kenth]

That's no military invasion, it's just an economic development programme. Sounds so much nicer.

[Gengis Khan]

Yes surprisingly this news didn't get any coverage yet in the western MSM.

[End Times Sentinel]

Chinese soldiers are building roads and bridges deep inside Bhutan

Hmmm... I'd always thought that much like the first flower of spring, or the swallows returning to San Capistrano, the appearance of Chinese soldiers building infrastructure was a good sign.

Owl_Eagle

(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,

 it was probably sarcasm)

[Candor7]

This is the REAL CHINA YOU ARE SEEING HERE.

Cina's hegemony. Invasion by OOOPs! development.

Bhutan does not want development.

Bhutan is a protectorate of India. The Chinese want to decimate the old traditional Buddhist theocracy, the last left on the face of the earth, and a haven for many escaped Tibetans, who are distinctly anti-Chinese.

The traditional home and area of Milarepa and Marpa the Translator , are just North of the Bhutanese / Occupied Tibet border. As such it is an area of extreme interst to millions of Buddhist Americans.

I hope India intervenes.And that the UN moves it as a Security Council matter.

[DoctorMichael]

But........but........Bhutan is one of those Neutral, Peace-loving, Non-aggressive, Unarmed, Eco-friendly countries that the UN, and the Democratic Party here in the USA, says that we should aspire to.

How can this happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[.cnI redruM]

It's not an incursion. Just think of it as an anschluss.

[Xenophon450]

Yeah trade....by trade they mean improved access routes for chinese divisions into bhutan/india.

[Gengis Khan]

I agree India needs to act and act real fast but its better the UN stays away.

[AprilfromTexas]

blow the bridges and blow the roads back to square one
...and blow the chinese while they are there

[Fee]

China would not do that because that is awfully expensive to do. China historically (during Imperial, and modern) would rule thru local proxies. They will back a minority tribal faction, arm and train it and have them rule the African nation. The minority faction would not stab the Chicoms in the back because they need them to stay in power. Just look at Zimbawe as the blueprint. This is old fashion imperialist method practiced by all known empires (Roman, Persian, British and etc) because it cost the least to implement.

[rightinthemiddle]

I thought that was George Bush.

[Gengis Khan]

What?

[processing please hold]

From what I read on some of these threads, Mexican troops cross into the US all the time. Don't worry about it, we're just one big global family, aren't we?