Timeline of the 2020 China–India skirmishes

This is a timeline of events that stretches over the period of the 2020 China–India skirmishes.

2020: May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December · 2021: January

2020

May
  • 5 – Violent confrontation between rival patrols near Pangong Tso Ladakh[1]
  • 6 – Foreign secretary of India Harsh Vardhan Shringla called Sun Weidong[2]
  • 9 – Skirmish in Naku La, Sikkim[3]
  • 26 – Chinese Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping meets People's Liberation Army (PLA) representatives during an annual meeting.[4] Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviews the situation in Ladakh.[5]
  • 28 – In a press conference, Indian MEA spokesperson maintained that there were enough bilateral mechanisms to solve border disputes diplomatically[6]
  • 30 – Defence minister says bilateral talks at a diplomatic and military level have begun[3]

June
  • 2 – Major general level talks,[7] initially talks at Border Personnel Meeting (BPM) points between colonels and later brigadiers were also held[8]
  • 6 – First three-star (lieutenant general) level officers meet at Chushul-Moldo BPM point[7]
  • 12 – Major general level officers meet[9]
  • 15 – Galwan valley clash[10]
  • 15 – Major general level officers meet at PP 14 near Galwan,[11] more major-general level talks on the 16, 17, and 18th about releasing captive soldiers[12]
  • 17 – Indian Prime Minister Modi addressed the nation regarding the Galwan skirmish[13]
  • 17 – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warns India[14]
  • 22 – Second round of China-India commanders' talks[15]
  • 24 – Virtual meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on China-India Border Affairs (WMCC)[15]
  • 26 – Sun Weidong says that 'onus of de-escalation is on India'[16]
  • 30 – Third round of China-India commanders' talks[17]

July
  • 3 – Indian Prime Minister Modi visits military posts in Ladakh and delivers a speech saying that the "age of expansionism" is over[18]
  • 3 – China's MFA says India should avoid a "strategic miscalculation" with regard to China[14]
  • 5 – Discussion between special representatives National Security Advisor of India, Ajit Doval and Foreign Minister of China, Wang Yi[19]
  • 10 – Chinese Ambassador to India warns India[14]
  • 10 – 16th WMCC meeting[20]
  • 14 – Fourth round of China-India corps-commander talks[21]
  • 24 – Diplomatic talks between the two countries regarding disengagement[22]
  • 28 – Chinese MFA states disengagement at most locations completed and "the situation on the ground is de-escalating and the temperature on the ground is coming down"[14]
  • 30 – Indian MEA states, "there has been some progress towards this objective but the disengagement process has not been completed"[14]
  • 30 – Chinese ambassador Sun Weidong claimed that unilaterally clarifying the LAC would cause more disputes[23]

August
  • 2 – Fifth round of three-star general-level China India talks at Chushul-Moldo BPM point[24]
  • 5 – China Study Group announces that China's "mutual and equal" disengagement proposal at Pangong Tso is unacceptable[25]
  • 8 – Major general level talks at BPM DBO[26]
  • 14 – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visits Tibet[27]
  • 20 – WMCC virtual meeting[28]
  • 29/30 – Indian army and PLA face-off for the first time on the southern bank of Pangong Tso[29][30]

September
  • 1 – Brigade commander-level meeting at Chushul-Moldo to discuss 29/30 August tension at Chushul[31]
  • 1 – Foreign ministry spokespersons of both China and India deliver statements on 29/30 August tension at Chushul[32]
  • India and China hold high-level talks on 4 September 2020
    4 – Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Chinese counterpart Gen. Wei Fenghe hold talks on the sidelines of a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting[33]
  • 5 – Brigadier-level talks at Chushul for de-escalation on the south bank of Pangong Tso fail[34]
  • 7 – China and India blame each other for firing warning shots on the south bank of Pangong Tso[35]
  • 10 – Foreign affairs ministers of China and India meet in Moscow and agree upon five point joint statement
  • 22 – Sixth round of military commanders meeting takes place. An MEA representative was also part of the talks[36]
  • 30 – Fifth round of diplomatic talks took place; overall this was the 19th meeting of the WMCC; WMCC's sixth virtual meeting during these skirmishes[37][28]

October
  • 13 – Seventh round of military commanders talks in Chushul.[38]
  • 19 – A Chinese soldier identified as Corporal Wang Ya Long apprehended after he inadvertently crossed over into Indian territory in the Demchok sector of eastern Ladakh. He was disoriented when taken into custody by Indian troops.[39]
  • 21 – Corporal Wang Ya Long was released from Indian custody after completion of due protocols and formalities.[39]

November
  • 6 – Eighth round of military commanders talks in Chushul.[40]

    December
    • 18 – Another round of WMCC diplomatic talks took place.[41]

    2021

    January
    • 6 – Indian Defence Ministry's year end review for 2020 mentions usage of "unorthodox weapons" by China.[42]
    • 9 – A Chinese soldier was captured in Ladakh by the Indian Army.[43] The soldier was returned on 11 January.[44]
    • 20 – A "minor" border clash took place in Naku La, Sikkim.[45]

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