On Saturday, a deadly ambush near the Myanmar border in Manipur killed five soldiers, including a colonel, his wife, and their eight-year-old son, bringing China’s possible support for insurgencies in India’s Northeast back into focus, and China watchers and security officials said the neighbor may be plotting to foment trouble in the region amid border tensions.
This isn’t the first time China’s ties to insurgency organizations have been questioned. Questions about Beijing’s involvement have been raised before, including in October 2020, when China’s propaganda machine warned India against signing a trade pact with Taiwan, claiming that Beijing could retaliate by supporting Northeast separatists and ceasing to recognize Sikkim as an Indian state.
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