Sikkim issue: India has to pay for border provocations, says China daily

India has expressed deep concern over China constructing a road in the disputed Doka La area

India has to pay for its provocations, says a Global Times editorial referring to the standoff between Indian and Chinese troops in the Doka La region at the Sikkim border. The Global Times is an English-language Chinese newspaper under the People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party.

Accusing India of harbouring ambitions of regional "hegemony", the editorial calls upon the Chinese state to "lead the international community in restoring Bhutan's diplomatic and defence sovereignty". 

Further, its prescription for chastising India is that Beijing should "reconsider its stance over the Sikkim issue". While China had