evidence: Deadly conflict broke out on June 15 on the China-India border following weeks of minor military confrontations along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) that separates the People’s Republic of China (PRC or China) and the Indian regions of Ladakh and Sikkim. The lethal conflict occurred in the Galwan [...] Springs and the Galwan Valley (also in Ladakh), and clashes between Chinese and Indian soldiers on the border near India’s Sikkim state. Authoritative information is limited, but vario us accounts claim PRC troops made territorial gains of 40-60 square kilometers. On May 27, President Trum p tweeted that "the [...] Prior to the events of June 15, PRC statements on recent developments had been restrained and offered few clues as to the intentions behind Chinese troops’ recent movements. Some observers view PRC activities along the LAC in May as part of a broader pattern of PRC territorial assertiveness, while others suggest that at least some of the flare-ups wer e spontaneous, as the vast majority of border skirmishes typically have been. Others posit that China’s latest moves may have been part of a response to previous perceived Indian transgressions, namely, India’s 2019 decision to alter Ladakh’s administrative status. (In