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India-China Eastern Ladakh border standoff timeline

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The Ladakh thaw widened into strategic dialogue and defence contact while border questions stayed unresolved

Key takeaways

  • The topic now matters as a test of whether India-China normalization can expand without restoring the pre-2020 border status quo on the ground.
  • Eastern Ladakh remains the gatekeeper for wider bilateral ties, so patrol access, grazing rights and force de-escalation still shape how durable the thaw really is.
  • Current coverage shows a split reality: travel, trade and diplomacy are improving, but the frontier remains more militarized and politically fragile than before Galwan.

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