evidence: New satellite imagery has revealed Chinese expansion into territory previously controlled by Bhutan even as China continues to negotiate a border agreement with its neighbor to the south. [...] Tshering hinted in a recent interview with an Indian newspaper that negotiations with Beijing to settle their disputed border could end in an exchange of territory. Observers believed the most likely concessions to be Jakarlung and the neighboring Menchuma Valley that China has already seized. In Menchuma, east of Jakarlung, Chinese troops were said to be present in areas previously under Bhutan's control, with local Bhutanese denied access.