India-China Border Tensions Biden Administration Takes a Stand for India

The United States is concerned about Beijing‘s attempts to intimidate its neighbors, is monitoring closely and stands with its allies, White House National Security Conference spokesman John Horne said on Feb. 2. Photo shows the U.S. White House.

Responding to Indian media questions about the India-China border standoff, White House National Security Council spokeswoman Emily Horne said Feb. 2 that the United States is concerned about Beijing’s attempts to intimidate its neighbors, is closely monitoring the situation and stands with its allies.

Emily Horne, responding to a question from the Press Trust of India (PTI) in Washington on Feb. 2 about the recent attempt by the Chinese Communist Party to “invade and occupy Indian territory,” said the U.S. is concerned about Beijing’s ongoing pattern of trying to intimidate its neighbors and that “we (the U.S.) will stand with our friends, partners and allies. We (U.S.) will stand with our friends, partners and allies to promote our shared prosperity, security and values in the Indo-Pacific region.”

She added that the U.S. is closely monitoring developments (along the India-China border) and that the U.S. has taken note of the ongoing talks between the Indian and Chinese Communist governments and will continue to support direct dialogue to resolve border disputes peacefully.

The Press Trust of India said this is the first public response by the Biden administration to the conflict and confrontation between India and the Chinese Communist Party in eastern Ladakh since May last year, after U.S. President Joe Biden took office on Jan. 20.

As the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has increased its military power and continues to take military intimidation actions in disputed areas such as the Taiwan Strait, East China Sea, South China Sea, and India-China border, the issue of Indo-Pacific security has become a global concern, and the U.S. has proposed the Indo-Pacific strategy and supported the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (U.S., Japan, India, and Australia) as a security architecture to counter the CCP’s growing assertiveness and actions that undermine regional security.

After the outbreak of the India-China confrontation and conflict in eastern Ladakh, although the two sides held nine rounds of military commanders’ meetings and numerous diplomatic contacts and talks, each side maintained its own position and the most serious conflict between India and China in 45 years was delayed in being resolved, and India gradually raised its means of confronting the CCP. There are even many think tanks and scholars advocating that India should join hands with democratic countries including Taiwan to confront the CCP.

India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has recently stressed on several public occasions that India and the Chinese Communist Party are at the most difficult Time in their bilateral relations, and that their relationship is at a crossroads, and the choices they make will have far-reaching consequences.

Su Jaisheng also proposed that India and China should adhere to the agreement reached and the importance of the spirit, observe and respect the India-China Line of Actual Control and not unilaterally change it, peace and tranquility on the border is the basis for the development of other aspects of India-China relations, the importance of multipolar Asia, concern for each other’s sensitive issues, the two countries have different ambitions and pursuits can not be ignored, recognize the reality of bilateral differences, and India and China must always maintain In order to restore stability in the region, India and China must always maintain long-term relations and other eight propositions.

Su Jaisheng also proposed that India and China should respect each other, respect each other’s sensitivities and respect common interests, and hope to resolve bilateral issues on the border peacefully.