evidence: The incident occurred during a "deescalation process" underway in the Galwan Valley in the disputed Aksai Chin-Ladakh area, where a large troop build-up has reportedly been taking place for weeks now on both sides of the border, before senior military commanders began talks earlier this month. [...] The LAC runs between Chinese-controlled Aksai Chin and the rest of the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region. [...] Aksai Chin is administered by China as part of Xinjiang, but is also claimed by the Indian government as part of Ladakh.