austraveller2017-10-07 03:08:48

https://sputniknews.com/asia/201710071058024368-chinese-troops-still-at-doklam/

Doklam Logjam: 1,000 Chinese Troops Still at Site of Stand-Off

The Doklam stand-off between India and China may have ended several weeks ago, but around 1,000 People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers still man the disputed Himalayan border region.

Over the summer, the world held its breath for 10 weeks while the two most populous nations on Earth deployed troops and butted heads over a planned Chinese road through the disputed border region between China and India's alpine ally Bhutan. Just as quickly as the stand-off began, however, it ended with both sides pulling back in early September.

But a Chinese contingent of troops still stands at the border, less than 1,000 feet back from where the PLA had drawn up their battle lines in the summer. It's unlikely their presence will cause another stand-off despite the soldiers likely being there to support the same road-building effort that started the first stand-off.

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops march past military vehicles Sunday, July 30, 2017 as they arrive for a military parade to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the PLA on Aug. 1 at Zhurihe training base in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region