2013 Daulat Beg Oldi Incident On April 15 , 2013 , a platoon - sized contingent of the Chinese PLA set up a camp in Raki Nula , 30 km south of Daulat Beg Oldi near the Aksai Chin - Ladakh Line of Actual Control ( LAC ) . Chinese and Indian patrols in this disputed area are common , but both Chinese and Indian military forces have avoided establishing permanent bases and fortifications in the region . Indian forces responded to the Chinese presence by quickly establishing their own encampment 300 meters away . Negotiations between China and India lasted nearly three weeks , during which the Chinese position was reinforced and supported by trucks and helicopters . The dispute was resolved on May 5 , after which both sides withdrew . As part of the resolution , the Indian military agreed to dismantle some military structures 250 km to the south in the disputed Chumar sector that the Chinese perceived as threatening . Background . The territorial incident occurred within a 38 , 000 square kilometer area of disputed territory between India and China , Aksai Chin . The Chinese claim that this area is part of Xinjiang , while the Indians believe that this area is part of Jammu and Kashmir . China and India signed two agreements , in 1993 and 1996 , in order to establish protocols to resolve potential disputes in the region . These protocols included the mutual recognition of a " Line of Actual Control " ( LAC ) , but disagreements continue between the two governments about where the LAC lies over a roughly 20 km - wide swath in this sector . India first claimed that the Chinese encampment was 10 km on their side of where they view the LAC , later revising that to 19 km . Despite the disputed area being an " unpopulated and desolate wasteland " , it is strategically important to China because of the presence of a highway that connects Pakistan to Tibet and Xinjiang . Since the late 1980s , border disputes between India and China have successfully been resolved through diplomacy . After large - scale Chinese infrastructure improvements adjacent to the region , the Indian army began to develop the infrastructure on their side in the 2000s , which was perceived by the Chinese military as a potential threat . The Indian government claims that Chinese troops continue to illegally enter the area hundreds of times every year . Most of these occur without incident , but in 2011 Chinese military forces entered 18 km into the disputed area in order to dismantle " 17 structures made up of loose stones in the shape of bunkers " . Incident . Military deployments . On April 15 , 2013 , a platoon of 50 Chinese troops established an encampment of four tents 30 km southeast of Daulat Beg Oldi at about 16 , 300 feet in elevation in the Raki Nala valley . This encampment was discovered the next day by the Indo - Tibetan Border Police , who then set up an encampment of their own consisting of eight tents 300 meters away from the Chinese . The Chinese force was supported by trucks and helicopters . The Indian government considered this the most serious border incident in years . The Indian military followed a policy of restraint , attempting to keep the issue " localized " and " tactical " , in order to give the Indian government the opportunity to resolve the issue through diplomacy . Throughout the incident no shots were fired and the Indian military did not attempt to outflank the Chinese . Minimal efforts were made by the Indian army to reinforce the position after its initial deployment , though the two sides did raise banners encouraging each other to withdraw . Much of the negotiations were conducted between officers present in the two camps . Western media largely interpreted China ' s actions as a show of force by the Chinese military , but some journalists speculated that the incident was possibly conducted by the Chinese military as a way to protest the perceived existence of a " permanent facility " that the Indian army had built in a disputed area . China ' s most prestigious military think tank later suggested that the incident was " accidental " and " not deliberately staged " . Resolution . The Indian government protested diplomatically , asking the Chinese to withdraw their military and to recognize the status quo that existed before the incident . The Chinese responded by publicly denying that there was any border issue , stating that their forces did not cross what they perceived the LAC to be . India opted not to take military action and pressed on with a long - planned visit to China by its foreign minister , Salman Khurshid . Within the Indian Parliament , the government was heavily criticized by the opposition for its handling of the incident who compared it to India ' s defeat in the 1962 Sino - Indian War . On May 3 , shortly before the dispute was resolved , the Indian parliament was adjourned after opposition members became disruptive , shouting " get China out , save the country " . The negotiations lasted nearly twenty days , during which the Chinese military increased their presence in the region . To resolve the issue , India agreed to a Chinese demand to demolish several " live - in bunkers " in the Chumar sector , 250 km to the south . Other Chinese demands included the demolition of Indian listening and observation posts built along the border , and an end to the undocumented passage of nomadic shepherds into the Chinese side , but it was not clear to what degree India agreed to these demands . Following the resolution of the dispute , the Chinese military withdrew . The standoff ended on May 5 .