evidence: The period of heightened Chinese anxiety around the two-front threat in the 1950-60s also saw a spike in clashes along the India-China border. It was the most unstable and volatile period in the history of India-China relations. In 1955-56, there were a large number of Chinese incursions which India protested.[19] In July 1958, the PLA forcibly occupied the Khurnak Fort in eastern Ladakh. In September, it detained an Indian patrol party in Ladakh’s Aksai Chin for nearly five weeks.[20] There were also incursions in the eastern and middle sectors such as Lohit (Arunachal Pradesh), Lapthal and Sangch Malla (Uttarakhand.)[21] [...] [59] Chinese Ambassador Sun Yuxi in an interview to CNNIBN in New Delhi on November 13, 2006 stated that ‘In our position, the whole of the state of Arunachal Pradesh is Chinese territory. And Tawang is only one of the places in it. We are claiming all of that. That is our position.’ China Daily, "India, China in spat over border dispute,", November14, 2006, https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-11/14/content_733133.htm.