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| Appliying Game Theory statistics: Chinese incursions into India are increasing and are strategically planned, study finds |
| 2022-11-13 |
Hattip lotp. A somewhat useful map and the second half of the article at the link. See here for the latest along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). [PhysOrg] Chinese incursions across India's west and central borders are not independent, random incidents that happen by mistake. Instead, these incursions are part of a strategically planned, coordinated effort in order to gain permanent control of disputed border areas, a new study has found.Led by Northwestern University, Technical University of Delft in the Netherlands and the Netherlands Defense Academy, the authors assembled a new dataset, compiling information about Chinese incursions into India from 2006 to 2020. Then they used game theory and statistical methods to analyze the data. The researchers found that conflicts can be separated into two distinct sectors: west/middle (the Aksai Chin region) and east (the Arunachal Pradesh region). While the researchers learned that the number of incursions are generally increasing over time, they concluded that conflicts in the east and middle sectors are part of a coordinated expansionist strategy. By pinpointing the exact locations lying at the root of the conflict, the researchers believe deterrents could be established in these specific areas to defuse tensions along the entire border. The study, "Rising tension in the Himalayas: A geospatial analysis of Chinese border incursions into India," will be published on Nov. 10 in the journal PLOS ONE. "By studying the number of incursions that occurred in the west and middle sectors over time, it became obvious, statistically, that these incursions are not random," said Northwestern's V.S. Subrahmanian, the study's senior author. "The probability of randomness is very low, which suggests to us that it's a coordinated effort. When we looked at the eastern sector, however, there is much weaker evidence for coordination. Settling border disputes in specific areas could be an important first step in a step-by-step resolution of the entire conflict." A world-renowned expert in AI and security matters, Subrahmanian is the Walter P. Murphy Professor of Computer Science at Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering and a Buffett Faculty Fellow at Northwestern's Buffett Institute for Global Affairs. INCURSIONS ON THE RISE The longest disputed border in the world, the India-China boundary has experienced recurring conflicts since 1962. Incursions tend to occur in two distinct regions: Aksai Chin, a region north of Nepal that is controlled by China but claimed by India, and Arunachal Pradesh, a region east of Bhutan that is controlled by India but claimed by China. To construct their new dataset, the authors compiled publicly available information about border incursions that were well-documented by international media. For the study, the team defined an "incursion" as any movement of Chinese troops across the border—by foot or in vehicles—into areas that are internationally accepted as India's territory. Then, they plotted each location on a map, identifying 13 hotspots where incursions happen most frequently. In the 15-year dataset, the researchers noted an average of 7.8 incursions per year. The Indian government's estimates, however, are much higher at 300 per year. "Although the Indian government publicizes these numbers, we don't have the details behind them," Subrahmanian said. "They might be counting a series of temporally proximate events as several different incursions, whereas we count them all as part of the same one incursion. But when we plotted our data and their data on a graph, the curves still have the same shape. Both curves show that incursions are increasing—but not steadily. They rise and fall, while still trending upward." Related: Aksai Chin: 2022-05-27 China-India Border Crisis Has Quietly Resulted In Victory For Beijing Aksai Chin: 2021-02-22 India-China disengagement process in eastern Ladakh complete: Rajnath Singh Aksai Chin: 2020-06-23 U.S. Intel: China Ordered Attack on Indian Troops in Galwan River Valley Related: Arunachal Pradesh: 2022-10-30 India Boosts Its Border Infrastructure in Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh: 2022-01-08 No signs of talks on LAC, but Chinese psy ops in full swing; China builds bridge on Indian territory Arunachal Pradesh: 2021-12-08 Indian Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat dies in Helicopter Crash |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 Maybe Indians should watch the movie Meatballs to prepare for camp life. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2022-11-13 08:30 |
| #1 Strategically planned Just like Brazil and the rest of Latin America. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-11-13 00:10 |