
Satellite photographs this month provided some of the clearest views of China’s massive construction project within the borders of neighboring Bhutan, the tiny Himalayan kingdom with which Beijing is trying to negotiate a major land deal.
Pictures from imagery provider Maxar Technologies, taken on December 7, showed large-scale construction activity in the remote Jakarlung Valley, one of two areas in northern Bhutan where Beijing’s quiet land grab is taking place this is how the Chinese do, they didn’t walk the talk. While on negotiation they already occupied the area.
John Pollock of the Chatham House think tank in London said the multiple ongoing projects suggested “Thimphu may be about to concede the land to Beijing in a border deal.”
Analysis published this week by the Indian news channel NDTV identified at least 129 buildings in one settlement and 62 buildings in another enclave in Jakarlung. The structures appeared to be residential quarters, indicating substantial and possibly permanent Chinese settlement in the area. The bad attitude of Chinese towards its neighboring countries.
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