Images showing additional Chinese military infrastructure close to the site of violent border clashes with India in the disputed Ladakh region in the Western Himalayas have prompted renewed concern about conflict between the Asian superpowers.
This latest development comes just one week after Chinese and Indian military commanders agreed to de-escalation in their standoff in the Galwan Valley, which involved brutal hand-to-hand skirmishes between Chinese and Indian forces on the 15th of June during which 20 Indian troops were reportedly killed.
In the satellite images released on 22 of June by U.S Tech firm Maxar Technologies, new camouflaged structures and barricades can be seen along the banks of the Galwan River, which India claims fall within their side of the de facto border known as the Line of actual control, despite China making a counterclaim to the entire Galwan valley.