A tent competition followed; because China had pitched four, India pitched eight. The Financial Times quoted Sun Hongnian, a Chinese border expert: “For India, every meter of road and every bunker in that area is a strategic win of territory” that brings them “closer to the main road on our side.”
毫不奇怪，印度议会用最强硬的语调谴责中国的入侵。一开始有点懵的印度政府试图将解放军的出现轻轻掩饰过去，但未获成功。接着出现的是争相驻军扎营；中国扎四个营，因此印度扎八个。《金融时报》援引中国边境问题专家孙宏年：“对印度来说，在该地区的每一米公路和每一个堡垒都是领土的战略胜利”，能让他们“更靠近迈向中国的大路。”