[Moorings]

The Chinese strategy is to gain the high altitude Doklam plateau, and then cut off India's "Chicken neck" pass that connects all of northeast India with the rest of India.They will then attack and take over the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, which they already claim for their own and also other parts of NE India.

So this take over of the Doklam plateau in tiny Bhutan is part of their strategy to annex an entire Indian state and maybe more.

This small incursion is part of a larger plan for a massive land grab.

I think India will fight this like their entire NE was about to be taken over. It will not be a small and limited war.

[WellyP]

If China were to see all of SE Asia countries form a trade association they could challenge China as an exporter and that could scare the crap out of China. China is also looking for a second path to the sea, an easier/shorter route for oil and gas imports from the middle ease.