India's Defense Strategy has been Made Keeping in Mind the Increasing Influence of China in the Indian Ocean

Abstract

In the present context, India and China are face to face in terms of their dominance and power display in the Indian Ocean. Keeping an eye on China's expansionist and economic political conspiracy policies, it becomes necessary that, to note the essential fact that China's communist face hides devious and dangerous imperialist intentions. China is bordered by 14 countries, including India, and China has land or maritime disputes along its maritime border (the East and South China Seas) with almost all of its neighbors on the Asian continent (including 23 countries), Japan, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Controversial and conflict situations have arisen in Sunga, pore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, and South Korea, which are a threat to world peace and harmony. India and China have often struggled for strategic supremacy in international and regional systems and borders mired in disputes. On June 15, 2022, over 250 Chinese soldiers attacked a party of 50 Indian soldiers. Indian troops were then observing the Line of Actual Control (LAC) located on the Indian side of the Galvan Valley. During this encounter, 20 Indian soldiers were martyred, while a large number of Chinese army soldiers were also martyred. The incident led to a prolonged standoff between the two sides on the LAC. China is responsible for the worldwide pandemic Covid-19.