In fact, the government inexplicably replaced regular army troops with border police in 2010 to patrol the mountain-ringed plateau into which the PLA has now intruded. Known as Depsang, the plateau lies astride an ancient silk route connecting Yarkand in Xinjiang to India’s Ladakh region through the Karakoram Pass.
总理辛格的政府因深陷腐败而摇摇欲坠，没有任何正式理由解释印度如何陷入了关键军事地区的困局，最近一段时间，中国再三试图侵占该地区的印度国土。事实上，政府不知因何在2010年用边境巡警代替了正规军巡逻目前被解放军侵入的高原山区。这片被称为达普桑（Depsang）的高原地区横跨穿越喀喇昆仑山口、连接新疆莎车和印度拉达克（Ladakh）地区的古老的丝绸之路