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	On 29 June 2017, Bhutan protested to China against the construction of a road in the disputed territory.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.mfa.gov.bt/press-releases/press-release-272.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821165720/http://www.mfa.gov.bt/press-releases/press-release-272.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=21 August 2017 \|title=Press Release – Ministry of Foreign Affairs \|date=21 August 2017}}</ref> According to the Bhutanese government, China attempted to extend a road that previously terminated at Doka La towards the Bhutan Army camp at Zornpelri near the Jampheri Ridge 2 km to the south; that ridge, viewed as the border by China but as wholly within Bhutan by both Bhutan and India, extends eastward approaching India's highly-strategic [[Siliguri Corridor]].<ref name="Siliguri2">Shaurya Karanbir Gurung [http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/border-face-off-why-china-tries-to-break-chickens-neck-to-isolate-northeast/articleshow/59420472.cms/ Behind China's Sikkim aggression, a plan to isolate Northeast from rest of India] {{Webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824145907/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/border-face-off-why-china-tries-to-break-chickens-neck-to-isolate-northeast/articleshow/59420472.cms \|date=24 August 2017 }}, ''The Economic Times'', 3 July 2017.</ref> The Bhutanese border was reportedly put on high alert and border security was tightened as a result of the growing tensions.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/bhutan-issues-scathing-statement-against-china-claims-beijing-violated-border-agreements-of-1988-1998-3760587.html \|title=Bhutan issues scathing statement against China, claims Beijing violated border agreements of 1988, 1998 \|date=30 June 2017 \|work=Firstpost \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702075512/http://www.firstpost.com/india/bhutan-issues-scathing-statement-against-china-claims-beijing-violated-border-agreements-of-1988-1998-3760587.html \|archive-date=2 July 2017 \|url-status=live}}</ref>		On 29 June 2017, Bhutan protested to China against the construction of a road in the disputed territory.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.mfa.gov.bt/press-releases/press-release-272.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821165720/http://www.mfa.gov.bt/press-releases/press-release-272.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=21 August 2017 \|title=Press Release – Ministry of Foreign Affairs \|date=21 August 2017}}</ref> According to the Bhutanese government, China attempted to extend a road that previously terminated at Doka La towards the Bhutan Army camp at Zornpelri near the Jampheri Ridge 2 km to the south; that ridge, viewed as the border by China but as wholly within Bhutan by both Bhutan and India, extends eastward approaching India's highly-strategic [[Siliguri Corridor]].<ref name="Siliguri2">Shaurya Karanbir Gurung [http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/border-face-off-why-china-tries-to-break-chickens-neck-to-isolate-northeast/articleshow/59420472.cms/ Behind China's Sikkim aggression, a plan to isolate Northeast from rest of India] {{Webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824145907/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/border-face-off-why-china-tries-to-break-chickens-neck-to-isolate-northeast/articleshow/59420472.cms \|date=24 August 2017 }}, ''The Economic Times'', 3 July 2017.</ref> The Bhutanese border was reportedly put on high alert and border security was tightened as a result of the growing tensions.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/bhutan-issues-scathing-statement-against-china-claims-beijing-violated-border-agreements-of-1988-1998-3760587.html \|title=Bhutan issues scathing statement against China, claims Beijing violated border agreements of 1988, 1998 \|date=30 June 2017 \|work=Firstpost \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702075512/http://www.firstpost.com/india/bhutan-issues-scathing-statement-against-china-claims-beijing-violated-border-agreements-of-1988-1998-3760587.html \|archive-date=2 July 2017 \|url-status=live}}</ref>
	[[File:Chinese Map on India-China Doklam standoff.png \|thumb\|"Sketch Map of the Site of the Indian Troops’ Trespass" – Translated Map published by the Chinese Foreign Ministry on 2 August 2017 showing Chinese claims]]
	On the same day, China Foreign Ministry released a map depicting Doklam as part of China. Using the map as illustration, China's Spokesperson Lu Kang read Article I of the 1890 [[Convention of Calcutta]] and asserted that it proved that the Donglang (Doklam) area, a territory North East of Gipmochi as shown on the map, belongs to China.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/china-releases-new-map-territorial-claims-stand-off-site/1/991733.html \|title=EXCLUSIVE: China releases new map showing territorial claims at stand-off site \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704223115/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/china-releases-new-map-territorial-claims-stand-off-site/1/991733.html \|archive-date=4 July 2017 \|url-status=live}}</ref>		On the same day, China Foreign Ministry released a map depicting Doklam as part of China. Using the map as illustration, China's Spokesperson Lu Kang read Article I of the 1890 [[Convention of Calcutta]] and asserted that it proved that the Donglang (Doklam) area, a territory North East of Gipmochi as shown on the map, belongs to China.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/china-releases-new-map-territorial-claims-stand-off-site/1/991733.html \|title=EXCLUSIVE: China releases new map showing territorial claims at stand-off site \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704223115/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/china-releases-new-map-territorial-claims-stand-off-site/1/991733.html \|archive-date=4 July 2017 \|url-status=live}}</ref>

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	The '''2017 ~~China India~~ border standoff''' or '''Doklam standoff''' ~~refers to the~~ military border standoff between the [[Indian Armed Forces]] and the [[People's Liberation Army]] of China over Chinese construction of a road in [[Doklam]] near a trijunction border area, known as Donglang, or Donglang Caochang (meaning Donglang pasture or grazing field), in Chinese. On 16 June 2017 Chinese troops with construction vehicles and road-building equipment began extending an existing road southward in Doklam, a territory ~~which~~ is claimed by both China ~~as well as~~ [[Bhutan–India relations\|India's ally]] Bhutan.<ref name=":5">{{cite web \|url=http://www.mfa.gov.bt/press-releases/press-release-272.html \|title=Press Release – Ministry of Foreign Affairs \|website=mfa.gov.bt \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630023420/http://www.mfa.gov.bt/press-releases/press-release-272.html \|archive-date=30 June 2017 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{sfn\|China Foreign Ministry\|2017\|p=6}}<ref name=":1">{{Cite news \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/26/world/asia/dolam-plateau-china-india-bhutan.html \|title=How India and China Have Come to the Brink Over a Remote Mountain Pass \|last1=Barry \|first1=Steven Lee Myers, Ellen \|date=26 July 2017 \|work=The New York Times \|last2=Fisher \|first2=Max \|issn=0362-4331 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827150313/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/26/world/asia/dolam-plateau-china-india-bhutan.html \|archive-date=27 August 2017 \|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite news \|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-india-idUSKBN19O109 \|title=China says India violates 1890 agreement in border stand-off \|date=3 July 2017 \|work=Reuters \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815072409/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-india-idUSKBN19O109 \|archive-date=15 August 2017 \|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{cite web \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/06/china-india-bhutan-standoff-disputed-territory \|title=Chinese and Indian troops face off in Bhutan border dispute \|first=Michael \|last=Safi \|date=5 July 2017 \|work=The Guardian \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810170337/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/06/china-india-bhutan-standoff-disputed-territory \|archive-date=10 August 2017 \|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|url=http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-china-india-doklam-standoff-20170724-story.html \|title=Doklam standoff: China sends a warning to India over border dispute \|work=Los Angeles Times \|agency=Associated Press \|date=24 July 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170725110027/http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-china-india-doklam-standoff-20170724-story.html \|archive-date=25 July 2017 \|url-status=live }}</ref> On 18 June 2017, as part of '''Operation Juniper''',<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://theprint.in/defence/operation-juniper-indian-armys-human-wall-china-doklam/307332/ \|title=Operation Juniper — inside story of how Indian Army pushed China back from Doklam \|date=17 October 2019 \|work=The Print \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018125032/https://theprint.in/defence/operation-juniper-indian-armys-human-wall-china-doklam/307332/ \|archive-date=18 October 2019 \|url-status=live}}</ref> about 270 Indian troops ~~armed~~ with ~~weapons and~~ two bulldozers crossed the Sikkim border into Doklam to stop the Chinese troops from constructing the road.<ref name=":1" />{{sfn \|China Foreign Ministry \|2017 \|p=1}}<ref name=":8">{{cite web \|url=http://accesswdun.com/article/2017/8/566782 \|title=China warns Indian troops to get out of contested region \|date=August 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810132801/http://accesswdun.com/article/2017/8/566782 \|archive-date=10 August 2017 \|url-status=live}}</ref> On 28 August, both India and China announced that they had withdrawn all their troops from the face-off site in Doklam.		The '''2017 China–India border standoff''' or '''Doklam standoff''' was a military border standoff between the [[Indian Armed Forces]] and the [[People's Liberation Army]] of China over Chinese construction of a road in [[Doklam]], near a trijunction border area known as Donglang, or Donglang Caochang (meaning Donglang pasture or grazing field), in Chinese. On 16 June 2017 Chinese troops with construction vehicles and road-building equipment began extending an existing road southward in Doklam, a territory that is claimed by both China and [[Bhutan–India relations\|India's ally]] Bhutan.<ref name=":5">{{cite web \|url=http://www.mfa.gov.bt/press-releases/press-release-272.html \|title=Press Release – Ministry of Foreign Affairs \|website=mfa.gov.bt \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630023420/http://www.mfa.gov.bt/press-releases/press-release-272.html \|archive-date=30 June 2017 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{sfn\|China Foreign Ministry\|2017\|p=6}}<ref name=":1">{{Cite news \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/26/world/asia/dolam-plateau-china-india-bhutan.html \|title=How India and China Have Come to the Brink Over a Remote Mountain Pass \|last1=Barry \|first1=Steven Lee Myers, Ellen \|date=26 July 2017 \|work=The New York Times \|last2=Fisher \|first2=Max \|issn=0362-4331 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827150313/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/26/world/asia/dolam-plateau-china-india-bhutan.html \|archive-date=27 August 2017 \|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite news \|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-india-idUSKBN19O109 \|title=China says India violates 1890 agreement in border stand-off \|date=3 July 2017 \|work=Reuters \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815072409/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-india-idUSKBN19O109 \|archive-date=15 August 2017 \|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{cite web \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/06/china-india-bhutan-standoff-disputed-territory \|title=Chinese and Indian troops face off in Bhutan border dispute \|first=Michael \|last=Safi \|date=5 July 2017 \|work=The Guardian \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810170337/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/06/china-india-bhutan-standoff-disputed-territory \|archive-date=10 August 2017 \|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|url=http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-china-india-doklam-standoff-20170724-story.html \|title=Doklam standoff: China sends a warning to India over border dispute \|work=Los Angeles Times \|agency=Associated Press \|date=24 July 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170725110027/http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-china-india-doklam-standoff-20170724-story.html \|archive-date=25 July 2017 \|url-status=live }}</ref> On 18 June 2017, as part of '''Operation Juniper''',<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://theprint.in/defence/operation-juniper-indian-armys-human-wall-china-doklam/307332/ \|title=Operation Juniper — inside story of how Indian Army pushed China back from Doklam \|date=17 October 2019 \|work=The Print \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018125032/https://theprint.in/defence/operation-juniper-indian-armys-human-wall-china-doklam/307332/ \|archive-date=18 October 2019 \|url-status=live}}</ref> about 270 armed Indian troops with two bulldozers crossed the Sikkim border into Doklam to stop the Chinese troops from constructing the road.<ref name=":1" />{{sfn \|China Foreign Ministry \|2017 \|p=1}}<ref name=":8">{{cite web \|url=http://accesswdun.com/article/2017/8/566782 \|title=China warns Indian troops to get out of contested region \|date=August 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810132801/http://accesswdun.com/article/2017/8/566782 \|archive-date=10 August 2017 \|url-status=live}}</ref> On 28 August, both India and China announced that they had withdrawn all their troops from the face-off site in Doklam.

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	China asserts that by this convention, the starting point of the [[Sikkim]]-Tibet border is "Mount Gipmochi on the Bhutan frontier" and that this clearly defines the tri-junction point.{{sfn \|China Foreign Ministry \|2017 \|p=5}}<ref name=":32">{{Citation \|last=CGTN \|title='The Border': A debate between China & India \|date=14 August 2017 \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSr0w6hD2Bg}}</ref> As per Chinese claims, Doklam is located in the [[Xigaze]] area of [[Tibet]], bordering the state of [[Sikkim]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=关系：洞郎地区 (3964647)S \|url=http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3964647 \|website=OpenStreetMap \|access-date=7 August 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718210936/http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3964647 \|archive-date=18 July 2017 \|url-status=live}}</ref> However Bhutan was not a party to the convention.		China asserts that by this convention, the starting point of the [[Sikkim]]-Tibet border is "Mount Gipmochi on the Bhutan frontier" and that this clearly defines the tri-junction point.{{sfn \|China Foreign Ministry \|2017 \|p=5}}<ref name=":32">{{Citation \|last=CGTN \|title='The Border': A debate between China & India \|date=14 August 2017 \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSr0w6hD2Bg}}</ref> As per Chinese claims, Doklam is located in the [[Xigaze]] area of [[Tibet]], bordering the state of [[Sikkim]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=关系：洞郎地区 (3964647)S \|url=http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3964647 \|website=OpenStreetMap \|access-date=7 August 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718210936/http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3964647 \|archive-date=18 July 2017 \|url-status=live}}</ref> However Bhutan was not a party to the convention.

	In 1949, Bhutan signed a [[Bhutan–India relations#1949 Treaty\|treaty with India]] giving allowance to India to guide its diplomatic and defense affairs.<ref>{{Cite news \|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/amid-india-china-standoff-army-chief-in-sikkim-today-10-facts-1718311 \|title=At Heart of India-China Standoff, A Road Being Built: 10 Points \|last=Som \|first=Vishnu \|date=29 June 2017 \|publisher=NDTV \|url-status=live \|editor-last=Shukla \|editor-first=Shuchi \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629084547/http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/amid-india-china-standoff-army-chief-in-sikkim-today-10-facts-1718311 \|archive-date=29 June 2017}}</ref>{{failed verification \|date=August 2017}} In 2007, the treaty was superseded by a [[Bhutan–India relations#2007 treaty\|new Friendship Treaty]] that replaced the provision that made it mandatory for Bhutan to take India's guidance on foreign policy, provided broader sovereignty but also stated in its Article 2:<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://mea.gov.in/Images/pdf/india-bhutan-treaty-07.pdf \|title=INDIA-BHUTAN FRIENDSHIP TREATY ~~\|last=https://mea.gov.in/~~ \|date=2 March 2007 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509040714/http://mea.gov.in/Images/pdf/india-bhutan-treaty-07.pdf \|archive-date=9 May 2016 \|url-status=live}}</ref>		In 1949, Bhutan signed a [[Bhutan–India relations#1949 Treaty\|treaty with India]] giving allowance to India to guide its diplomatic and defense affairs.<ref>{{Cite news \|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/amid-india-china-standoff-army-chief-in-sikkim-today-10-facts-1718311 \|title=At Heart of India-China Standoff, A Road Being Built: 10 Points \|last=Som \|first=Vishnu \|date=29 June 2017 \|publisher=NDTV \|url-status=live \|editor-last=Shukla \|editor-first=Shuchi \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629084547/http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/amid-india-china-standoff-army-chief-in-sikkim-today-10-facts-1718311 \|archive-date=29 June 2017}}</ref>{{failed verification \|date=August 2017}} In 2007, the treaty was superseded by a [[Bhutan–India relations#2007 treaty\|new Friendship Treaty]] that replaced the provision that made it mandatory for Bhutan to take India's guidance on foreign policy, provided broader sovereignty but also stated in its Article 2:<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://mea.gov.in/Images/pdf/india-bhutan-treaty-07.pdf \|title=INDIA-BHUTAN FRIENDSHIP TREATY \|date=2 March 2007 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509040714/http://mea.gov.in/Images/pdf/india-bhutan-treaty-07.pdf \|archive-date=9 May 2016 \|url-status=live}}</ref>

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	China Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang replied to India media's question about disputed tri-junction with the following comment:<ref name="fmprc1"/><blockquote>		China Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang replied to India media's question about disputed tri-junction with the following comment:<ref name="fmprc1"/><blockquote>
	The so-called tri-junction, as the name suggests, is a point. It is not a line, much less an area. India misinterprets tri-junction point as an area, from ulterior motives. This time, the trespassing point of Indian army, is on the Sikkim-China border, which is 2000 metres away from the tri-junction point, Mount Gipmochi, by the 1890 Treaty.		The so-called tri-junction, as the name suggests, is a point. It is not a line, much less an area. India misinterprets tri-junction point as an area, from ulterior motives. This time, the trespassing point of Indian army, is on the Sikkim-China border, which is 2000 metres away from the tri-junction point, Mount Gipmochi, by the 1890 Treaty.
	</blockquote>On 5 July 2017, the Chinese government said that it had for the past 24 months a basic consensus with Bhutan that Doklam belongs to China, and there was no dispute between the two countries.<ref>{{cite ~~web~~ \|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/no-dispute-with-bhutan-in-doklam-china/articleshow/59456533.cms \|title=No dispute with Bhutan in Doklam: China \|last=PTI \|date=5 July 2017 \|~~via~~=The Economic Times \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729030244/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/no-dispute-with-bhutan-in-doklam-china/articleshow/59456533.cms \|archive-date=29 July 2017 \|url-status=live}}</ref>		</blockquote>On 5 July 2017, the Chinese government said that it had for the past 24 months a basic consensus with Bhutan that Doklam belongs to China, and there was no dispute between the two countries.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/no-dispute-with-bhutan-in-doklam-china/articleshow/59456533.cms \|title=No dispute with Bhutan in Doklam: China \|last=PTI \|date=5 July 2017 \|newspaper=The Economic Times \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729030244/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/no-dispute-with-bhutan-in-doklam-china/articleshow/59456533.cms \|archive-date=29 July 2017 \|url-status=live}}</ref>

	On 19 July 2017, China renewed its call for India to withdraw its troops from Doklam.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.arabnews.com/node/1131641/world \|title=China holds live-fire drills in disputed Himalayan territory, tells India to withdraw \|date=19 July 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719153717/http://www.arabnews.com/node/1131641/world \|archive-date=19 July 2017 \|url-status=live}}</ref>		On 19 July 2017, China renewed its call for India to withdraw its troops from Doklam.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.arabnews.com/node/1131641/world \|title=China holds live-fire drills in disputed Himalayan territory, tells India to withdraw \|date=19 July 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719153717/http://www.arabnews.com/node/1131641/world \|archive-date=19 July 2017 \|url-status=live}}</ref>
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	* [[Bhutan–China relations]]		* [[Bhutan–China relations]]
	* [[Sino-Indian War]]
	* [[Nathu La and Cho La clashes]]		* [[Nathu La and Cho La clashes]]
	* [[Siliguri Corridor]]		* [[Siliguri Corridor]]
			* [[Sino-Indian War]]
	* [[Tetulia Corridor]]		* [[Tetulia Corridor]]

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	On 29 June 2017, Bhutan protested to China against the construction of a road in the disputed territory.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.mfa.gov.bt/press-releases/press-release-272.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821165720/http://www.mfa.gov.bt/press-releases/press-release-272.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=21 August 2017 \|title=Press Release – Ministry of Foreign Affairs \|date=21 August 2017}}</ref> According to the Bhutanese government, China attempted to extend a road that previously terminated at Doka La towards the Bhutan Army camp at Zornpelri near the Jampheri Ridge 2 km to the south; that ridge, viewed as the border by China but as wholly within Bhutan by both Bhutan and India, extends eastward approaching India's highly-strategic [[Siliguri Corridor]].<ref name="Siliguri2">Shaurya Karanbir Gurung [http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/border-face-off-why-china-tries-to-break-chickens-neck-to-isolate-northeast/articleshow/59420472.cms/ Behind China's Sikkim aggression, a plan to isolate Northeast from rest of India] {{Webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824145907/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/border-face-off-why-china-tries-to-break-chickens-neck-to-isolate-northeast/articleshow/59420472.cms \|date=24 August 2017 }}, ''The Economic Times'', 3 July 2017.</ref> The Bhutanese border was reportedly put on high alert and border security was tightened as a result of the growing tensions.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/bhutan-issues-scathing-statement-against-china-claims-beijing-violated-border-agreements-of-1988-1998-3760587.html \|title=Bhutan issues scathing statement against China, claims Beijing violated border agreements of 1988, 1998 \|date=30 June 2017 \|work=Firstpost \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702075512/http://www.firstpost.com/india/bhutan-issues-scathing-statement-against-china-claims-beijing-violated-border-agreements-of-1988-1998-3760587.html \|archive-date=2 July 2017 \|url-status=live}}</ref>		On 29 June 2017, Bhutan protested to China against the construction of a road in the disputed territory.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.mfa.gov.bt/press-releases/press-release-272.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821165720/http://www.mfa.gov.bt/press-releases/press-release-272.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=21 August 2017 \|title=Press Release – Ministry of Foreign Affairs \|date=21 August 2017}}</ref> According to the Bhutanese government, China attempted to extend a road that previously terminated at Doka La towards the Bhutan Army camp at Zornpelri near the Jampheri Ridge 2 km to the south; that ridge, viewed as the border by China but as wholly within Bhutan by both Bhutan and India, extends eastward approaching India's highly-strategic [[Siliguri Corridor]].<ref name="Siliguri2">Shaurya Karanbir Gurung [http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/border-face-off-why-china-tries-to-break-chickens-neck-to-isolate-northeast/articleshow/59420472.cms/ Behind China's Sikkim aggression, a plan to isolate Northeast from rest of India] {{Webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824145907/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/border-face-off-why-china-tries-to-break-chickens-neck-to-isolate-northeast/articleshow/59420472.cms \|date=24 August 2017 }}, ''The Economic Times'', 3 July 2017.</ref> The Bhutanese border was reportedly put on high alert and border security was tightened as a result of the growing tensions.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/bhutan-issues-scathing-statement-against-china-claims-beijing-violated-border-agreements-of-1988-1998-3760587.html \|title=Bhutan issues scathing statement against China, claims Beijing violated border agreements of 1988, 1998 \|date=30 June 2017 \|work=Firstpost \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702075512/http://www.firstpost.com/india/bhutan-issues-scathing-statement-against-china-claims-beijing-violated-border-agreements-of-1988-1998-3760587.html \|archive-date=2 July 2017 \|url-status=live}}</ref>
	[[File:Chinese Map on India-China Doklam standoff.png \|thumb\|"Sketch Map of the Site of the Indian Troops’ Trespass" – Translated Map published by the Chinese Foreign Ministry on 2 August 2017 showing Chinese claims]]
	On the same day, China Foreign Ministry released a map depicting Doklam as part of China. Using the map as illustration, China's Spokesperson Lu Kang read Article I of the 1890 [[Convention of Calcutta]] and asserted that it proved that the Donglang (Doklam) area, a territory North East of Gipmochi as shown on the map, belongs to China.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/china-releases-new-map-territorial-claims-stand-off-site/1/991733.html \|title=EXCLUSIVE: China releases new map showing territorial claims at stand-off site \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704223115/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/china-releases-new-map-territorial-claims-stand-off-site/1/991733.html \|archive-date=4 July 2017 \|url-status=live}}</ref>		On the same day, China Foreign Ministry released a map depicting Doklam as part of China. Using the map as illustration, China's Spokesperson Lu Kang read Article I of the 1890 [[Convention of Calcutta]] and asserted that it proved that the Donglang (Doklam) area, a territory North East of Gipmochi as shown on the map, belongs to China.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/china-releases-new-map-territorial-claims-stand-off-site/1/991733.html \|title=EXCLUSIVE: China releases new map showing territorial claims at stand-off site \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704223115/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/china-releases-new-map-territorial-claims-stand-off-site/1/991733.html \|archive-date=4 July 2017 \|url-status=live}}</ref>

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