One of the novel methods that the PLA has employed is to bring ethnic Han pastoralists to the valleys along the LAC and give them cover to range across it, in the process driving Indian herdsmen from their traditional pasturelands. But the latest crisis was sparked by China’s use of direct military means in a strategic border area close to the Karakoram Pass linking China to India.
解放军所采用惯用伎俩是让汉族牧民来到实际控制线沿线的山谷，提供保护让他们跨越实际控制线，从而将印度牧民驱逐出他们的传统牧场。但最近的危机的引发方式是中国直接在毗邻连接中银的喀喇昆仑山口的战略边境地区直接使用军队。