'Blow to National Security': Concerns in India After China Allegedly Builds 4 New Villages in Bhutan

In 24 rounds of "boundary talks" and 10 rounds of "expert group" meetings between Chinese and Bhutanese officials from 1984 to the present, Beijing has offered to forgo its territorial claims in other parts of Bhutan in exchange for control over Doklam. Thimphu has so far rejected these land swap offers from its northern neighbour.