The capability to commandeer the 17,000-feet peak of Yangtse can provide a strategic advantage to an army in the Tawang sector. On 9 December, a Chinese patrol tried to climb the peak and change the status quo in the Tawang sector, and the Indian Army thwarted, according to reports. The clash between China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and the Indian Army in Arunachal Pradesh is the first serious skirmish since the Galwan clash of June 2020, in which soldiers of both countries had lost their lives. The 9 December incursion attempt led to a face-off which has reportedly been resolved...