evidence: Recent reports and satellite imagery show that the Chinese have constructed a new village inside two kilometres of Bhutanese territory. The village lies on the eastern periphery of the disputed Doklam plateau where, in 2017, India and China were involved in a standoff. [...] The third and final phase is the normalisation phase, where multiple border talks have been held between the two countries and where China put pressure on Bhutan to cede Kula Kangri, the highest mountain peak in Bhutan. The Chinese government has promised Bhutan economic engagement and, over the last few years, China has started exporting telecommunication and farming products, but the border talks have not moved beyond a point.