Found this "sutro se pata chala hai" article by Snehesh
Immediate withdrawal of troops deployed along LAC unlikely, it is learnt. Thaw in ties could also set stage for Modi-Xi meet on sidelines of BRICS summit in Russia later this week.
theprint.in
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Explaining modalities that have been worked out,
sources said the main issue related to Depsang Plains has been resolved. Chinese troops will pull back to their earlier positions and not block Indian troops from the bottleneck area as they have been doing since 2020, it is learnt. A few years before 2020, the Chinese were stopping Indian troops from an area called the “Y junction”, which was ahead of the bottleneck.
Asked about Demchok, another controversial area, sources said the MEA announced resumption of patrolling in all areas.
It was not immediately known if Indian troops will now patrol Charding La pass as was done before 2020.
Sources also said a tent erected by the Chinese after the standoff in 2020 had been removed.
In all other locations, where disengagemen
t was achieved earlier and buffer zones were created–Northern banks of Pangong Tso, Galwan, Hot Springs and Gogra–patrolling would be resumed by both sides.
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So it's not a complete surrender from our side.
What made them agree to the present agreement then?
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Okay, let me tell you guys what exactly has happened.
China attacked us in 2020 as an attempt to salami-slice our territory and avenge the humiliation we handed them at Doklam.
Our intensity of response and resolve to protect our territory was something they didn't ancipate. We literally matched them man-to-man, even out-manuevering and out-smarting them sometimes.
So they changed their plans. They held their grounds instead and started creating infrastructure at break-neck speed. In the last 4 years since 2020, they have created an unbelievable amount of military facilities, roads, cities and power infrastructure.
Why ? Two main reasons -
- An assertive right-wing govt. is not eternal in a democracy. They will get their chance today or tomorrow. They plan for 100 - years ahead. When they smell weakness, they will attack again.
- It provides a guarantee we won't be able to attack them (or if we do, won't succeed) in case China is busy elsewhere (attacking Taiwan, or engaged with USA). Because at last, India is an formidable military power. It might not be able to defeat China, but will be a significant nuisance if kept unchecked.
In the last decade, we finally became militarily capable enough to defeat Pakistan, and we are so confident that we stopped comparing ourselves to it and started comparing us with China. Result ? China started arming Pakistan again to become an effective counterweight against us.
So how does all of it fits in the disengagement now ?
Well, in the last 4 years, China has successfully completed crucial military infrastructure across LAC, especially Ladakh sector, touching almost all sectors in Ladakh. We have also done the same, but we still lag behind them by almost 30-40%.
So that means, in future if they want to continue their military campain, they can do it effortlessly, even at a very very short notice.
Now, the disengagement agreement
must have included clause of no further military development along border areas (which our retarted diplomats would sign gleefully), but hurts us because we cannot develop equivalent military infrasturcture to match the Chinese.