Adverse weather, Chinese hostility and psyops: Latest army brawl video from Sikkim decoded

Right about the time the Indian Army's Lt Gen Harinder Singh was holding talks with his Chinese counterpart Maj Gen Lin Liu at Ladakh's Chushul-Moldo, a video clip broke the surface on social media, popping up first on Instagram, and then quickly proliferating elsewhere. One part of the video that found unsurprising traction on social media is a moment when the Indian Army videographer turning his lens towards a pair of Chinese men, with the taunt, "Uska muh dekhna. Coupled with simmering tensions that have stretched from Ladakh to other parts of the frontier and even to normally peaceful north Sikkim, and a video likely intended to be a psyops swipe has also revealed the extremely trying conditions in which Indian Army personnel operate. Spontaneous clashes between India-China troops have never resulted in death or even serious injury, for instance this most recent one from late May in Pangong: pic.twitter.com/0xR1HzEc74 — Shiv Aroor June 17, 2020 As the huge trust deficit between India and China post the Galwan Valley clash ensures an extended period of uncertainty at the border and Line of Control, expect the information battlefield to be a regular feed.