Is the New Détente Credible?

Indian and Chinese troops have agreed to disengage at multiple points along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. But the massive unprecedented build-up along the long LAC and the new permanent fortifications in the Pangong Tso area challenge optimism about a cessation of hostilities. The corps commanders of India and China met at a border outpost here a week after the June 15 incident, which saw the worst violence on the India-China border