evidence: Indian media reports that China’s new map includes Arunachal Pradesh, the Barahoti Plains in Uttarakhand, and regions in Ladakh. According to its new land border law, these places are now deemed Chinese sovereign territory (The Print, November 11, 2021). Clearly, India’s middle sector in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh also faces an imminent threat. In August 2021, more than 100 Chinese troops transgressed into Indian territory through the Barahoti border area, despite India and China having exchanged Line of Actual Control (LAC) maps for the middle sector almost two decades ago (The Economic Times, September 28, 2021; India’s MEA, June 29, 2001). Such renewed land-grabbing attempts negate "the principles of equality, peaceful coexistence, and win-win results" that the MoU is meant to honor and strive to re-balance the status quo in the Himalayan region (China’s MFA, October 15, 2021).