evidence: Bara Hoti in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand is where the first Chinese intrusions into Indian soil took place in 1954 and has continued since, the latest being on 25 July 2017. [...] The then foreign secretary Subimal Dutt’s note to prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru states: "Our case is that Bara Hoti is an area of about one and a half square miles. We have given the exact position with reference to its latitude and longitude. The Chinese have not defined which area they mean by Wu-Je… an area south of Tun Jun La…. If the Chinese claims are conceded, the international boundary would lie south in what is undoubtedly Indian territory." [...] With its own long history of ’transgressions’, Bara Hoti is a direct issue between China and India that otherwise would have been brushed off as an annual feature. However, coming as it does even as the Sikkim standoff continues, pertinently on 25 July, coinciding with the NSA’s Beijing visit, it seems deliberately timed to issue a sharp signal to India that the Chinese are not yet relenting from their harsh position.