Chinese Ministry of National Defence spokesperson Senior Colonel Wu Qian made the remarks at a media briefing here in response to a question on External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar s reported statement that China violated the bilateral consensus in 2020 and assembled a large number of military forces along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), resulting in the conflict in the Galwan Valley.
The ongoing India- Maldives war of words had no multiple long-term causes but leading to a cumulative polarisation of the world into a bipolar world order which had existed during cold war times..
Details of the new clashes emerged after the Indian Army awarded gallantry medals to soldiers it said challenged Chinese troops trying to enter Indian territory in at least two incidents in 2022.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has warned India about the increasing proximity of the Maldives government to China and said that the government must be aware of the danger that this represents.