‘China has exploited tribal alienation along India-Myanmar border’

• As per a research paper, China has “exploited” sense of alienation & insecurity among tribal communities along the India-Myanmar border in order to “cause insurgency and instability” in northeast India.
• It added that insurgents sourced their arms from China and brought them into India through Myanmar.

India and Myanmar

• Boundary: India shares a 1,643-km long border with Myanmar that passes through four States: Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram.
• Nature of the boundary: It is relatively porous, & there is a free movement regime in place under which locals can move up to 16 km on either side of the border.

Prelims Takeaway

• Location based questions