India, Jan. 27 -- The ninth round of military commanders' dialogue last week - after an unusually long gap of nearly three months - confirmed the stalemate in east Ladakh, though a new commander who has never served on the India front, Gen Zhang Xudong, was appointed last month replacing the hawkish Gen Zhao Zongqi. That tensions remain high was apparent from the wounding brawl last week between the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the Indian Army in Sikkim. The latest intrusion in Arunachal Pradesh's Subansiri district was exposed last week by TV channels, not revealed by the Government, causing a flutter in the Opposition's ranks but for the Narendra Modi Government it was water off the duck's back. China is salami slicing territory a...