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CCP’s Border Concession to India Shows It Doesn’t Truly Care About China’s Territories

The Chinese Communist Party conceded to India in a territorial dispute over an area equivalent to 2 1/2 times the size of Taiwan.
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CCP’s Border Concession to India Shows It Doesn’t Truly Care About China’s Territories
A Chinese soldier gestures as he stands near an Indian soldier on the Chinese side of the ancient Nathu La border crossing between India and China on July 10, 2008. Diptendu Dutta/AFP via Getty Images
Alexander Liao
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) appears to be indifferent to China’s territories. Territorial disputes serve as a means to an end for the CCP, whether as a bargaining chip or a diversionary tactic to direct the Chinese public’s attention during a governance crisis.

With nearly four decades of journalism experience in Hong Kong, London, and the United States, Alexander Liao is an expert on China and world affairs. He currently hosts the Chinese-language Pinnacle View news analysis program on NTD, also available on YouTube and Ganjing World. Before joining The Epoch Times, he was a Hong Kong Bureau Chief for international media, an editor of various magazines, newspapers, and radio stations, and a columnist for top financial and current affairs newspapers in Hong Kong and Taiwan.