Narendra Modi‘s spirited efforts to bring up the Ladakh border incursions with Chinese President Xi Jinping is unlikely to make much of a difference to what the Chinese have been doing so far – and will continue to do in future. When Modi said we need an understanding to maintain peace and tranquillity on the border, Jinping merely noted that “there may be some incidents as the area is not clearly demarcated”. He also made a vague reference to resolve the issue “at an early date.”
It won’t happen. For China is not keen on peace with status quo. The two sides have different ideas of what we want settled. The power equation is also heavily tilted in favour of the Chinese, even though, if it ever comes to war, we are unlikely to be as unprepared as we were in 1962. We have emerged from Nehruvian woolly-headedness, but we are far from having a long-term strategic understanding of how to deter the Chinese. [Source]