India, June 17 -- Bite by bite and in kilometers, China is encroaching India's Himalayan borderlands. It's been decades, Asia's these two giants have fought a bullet less war for territory along their high-altitude border. Recently, though, China has become more forceful, underlining the need for a new Indian containment strategy. The strategy underlying China's actions is more remarkable than their scope. On land, like at sea, China uses civilian resources-herders, farmers and grazers-as the tip of the spear. Once civilians settle on contested land, army troops gain control of the disputed area, paving the way for the establishment of more permanent campsites or observation posts. Similarly, in the South China Sea, China's naval forces f...