New Delhi, Sept. 22 -- The Line of Actual Control (LAC) between India and China remains one of the most sensitive borders in Asia, embodying both the unresolved legacies of history and the geopolitical ambitions of two rising powers. In the 1970s and 1980s, China was a poor nation, economically weaker than it is today. Yet, even then, it had an advantage in deployment and infrastructure along the Himalayan frontiers. India, though militarily competent, lagged in road networks, logistics, and high-altitude preparedness. Since the 1980s, India has significantly improved its deployment and capacity in the region, but infrastructure gaps persist. As China has grown wealthier and more assertive in recent decades, it has sought to alter the LAC...