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‘India did not behave’: Chinese state media says drone crash was at Doklam, warns of consequence

The Indian drone that “intruded” and crashed in Chinese territory did so in the Doklam sector near the Sikkim boundary — the same location where border troops of both the countries were involved in a long and tense military standoff earlier this year.
The consequence of this “intrusion” could be far worse than losing a drone, state media said.

On Thursday, China said an Indian drone “invaded” its airspace before crashing on its side of the border recently, prompting Beijing to lodge protests with India.
New Delhi attributed it to a technical problem with an unmanned aerial vehicle that was on a routine training mission.
Neither the Chinese military nor the ministry of foreign affairs (MFA) said when or where exactly the drone had crossed over to Chinese territory, except that the incident took place at the Sino-India border in Sikkim.
As it turns out, the incident took place in Doklam, an area under China’s control but claimed by Bhutan.
“The intrusion took place at the same location where a standoff broke off not too long ago between the Chinese and Indian militaries,” the nationalistic tabloid Global Times said in an editorial on Saturday.
Titled “India must apologise for drone intrusion”, the editorial said: “In a time and at a location so sensitive, both sides should have avoided acting in ways that the other might perceive as provocative to prevent new frictions arising. But India clearly did not behave itself.”
The 70-day military standoff between India and Chinese border troops was resolved in August-end when the two countries withdrew troops from Doklam after Beijing indicated it had halted work on a road that triggered the row.
Experts in China had then told HT that Beijing lacked deterrence against external provocation like the one it was exposed to in Doklam.
The Global Times editorial indicated that the standoff — and the fact that Indian troops were on territory claimed by China for 70 days — was fresh in Beijing’s mind.
“Even if it is a technical problem, why is that technical problem happening at the exact wrong place and wrong time? If a Chinese drone flew into Indian territory due to a technical failure, would India accept an explanation that such an incident was a mere accident?” the editorial asked.
It noted that these actions show India’s provocative attitude and China has the full right to respond as it sees fit based on the results of the investigation.

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