2017 China–India border standoff

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 in Chinese as Donglang, or Donglang Caochang (meaning Donglang pasture or grazing field). 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 India's ally Bhutan.

For the skirmishes between the two countries' troops in Ladakh in 2020, see 2020 China–India skirmishes.

2017 China–India border standoff

Photograph of Indian soldiers on Doklam Plateau taken by Chinese soldiers – annotations by the Chinese Foreign Ministry showing Chinese claims
Date16 June 2017 – 28 August 2017
(2 months, 1 week and 5 days)
Location
Doklam
Result

Status quo ante bellum

  • Both sides withdraw their troops from Doklam
Belligerents
 India
(on behalf of  Bhutan)		  China
Casualties and losses
Several injured Several injured

On 18 June 2017, as part of Operation Juniper, about 270 armed Indian troops with two bulldozers crossed the Sikkim border into Doklam, to stop the Chinese troops from constructing the road. On 28 August, both India and China announced that they had withdrawn all their troops from the face-off site in Doklam.

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