evidence: (TibetanReview.net, Jul29’24) – As it continues the border standoff across India’s eastern Ladakh, there is no let-up in China’s building of border security villages, referred to as Xiaokang villages, in occupied Tibet, of which 624 had reportedly been built between 2018 and 2022. Fortifying its position along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh, China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) troops have started constructing a new village along the LAC in the Demchok sector, reported deccanchronicle.com Jul 28. [...] Depsang and Demchok are two points in Ladakh where the standoff continues between the Indian Army and the PLA. The Chinese have pitched tents at Charding Nonong Nallah in Demchok to prevent access to Indian troops in the area, a post-2020 development, the report said.