Doklam: Who won?

September 01, 2017 11:18

The Indian government has been careful to let China save face and has not declared victory since this risky, months-long deadlock came to an end. See India's initial official statement, crafted with all the excruciating minimalism that Ministry of External Affairs officers spend years mastering (this was followed by a gentle clarification that both sides were withdrawing forces).

The Chinese state media, meanwhile, has been quick to brag that the outcome involved the withdrawal of Indian forces, but conspicuously silent on the apparent cessation of the Chinese road-building activity that started the whole crisis.

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