Chinese Incursion Into Indian Territory Documented on Video

Screenshot of a video going viral in Ladakh shows a Chinese (two vehicles inset) incursion on the Cakzung pastures in Indian territory on Dec. 16. The Chinese retreated after being confronted by Indian officials. Video courtesy Kunchok Stanzin

NEW DELHI—Chinese citizens and Chinese soldiers in civilian clothes entered Indian territory in the winter pasture of Cakzung on Dec. 16, according to Konchok Stanzin, a native of a nearby village and the councilor of a group of villages in the Ladakh Union Territory.

Cakzung is a high altitude winter grazing pasture land in the Nyoma constituency in the trans-Himalayan Indian region of Ladakh. Dokpa (or nomads, in the Ladakhi language) migrate for pastures with their pashmina goats, sheep, yak, and horse, following a centuries-old lifestyle and profession.