Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- June 19, 2020

Kinling Lo, SCMP: China-India border clash pushes relations to new low, observers say

* Beijing and New Delhi have blamed each other for the fighting on Monday along the disputed Himalayan border that left at least 20 Indian soldiers dead
* Confrontation is the most serious between the two countries since they fought a month-long war in 1962

Relations between China and India are expected to deteriorate with frequent border crises despite both sides claiming to seek de-escalation on recent clashes, former diplomats and academics said.

Beijing and New Delhi have blamed each other for the clash on Monday, which killed at least 20 Indian soldiers along the disputed Himalayan border running along the Ladakh area of Kashmir. A People’s Liberation Army (PLA) spokesman said the incident led to casualties on both sides but Beijing has been silent on the scale of its losses.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- June 19, 2020

India-China conflict could be the top geopolitical risk in Asia right now: Eurasia Group -- Keris Lahiff, CNBC

The story behind the deadly border brawl between India and China -- Dave Lawler, Axios

Why Did Soldiers Use Clubs and Stones, Rather Than Guns, to Fight at the Himalayan Border? -- Pallavi Pundir, VICE

The China-India Border Dispute: What to Know -- Alyssa Ayres, Council on Foreign Relations

China’s Strategic Assessment of the Ladakh Clash -- Yun Sun, War On The Rocks

China-US tensions could be worse than the Cold War, academic says -- Jun Mai, SCMP

What's been happening in China's Xinjiang, home to 11 million Uyghurs? -- Nectar Gan, Ben Westcott and James Griffiths, CNN

North Korea has little to gain from threats -- SCMP editorial

Something's rotten in North Korea: Why this time is different -- Robert A. Manning, The Hill

The Forgotten Conflict: Korea's War, 70 Years On -- Amos Chapple, RFE

The unfolding geopolitical power play in war-torn Libya -- Mersiha Gadzo, Al Jazeera

Turkey gets comfortable in northern Syria -- Semih Idiz, Al-Monitor

Turkey’s vision of a brave, new Ottoman Empire -- Jonathan Gorvett, Asia Times

John Bolton Had Some Scores to Settle -- Susan Glasser, New Yorker

Everybody in Washington Hates John Bolton -- A. Desiderio & B. Everett, Politico