PLA yet to withdraw from several forward positions: Pentagon Commander on India-China LAC clash

China has adopted an increasingly assertive military posture to exert pressure and expand its influence across the region and the Chinese expansionary territorial ambitions are also on display along its western border, where its troops have been engaged in a standoff with Indian forces, a top American commander said. The PLA has not yet withdrawn from several forward positions it seized following the initial clash, he added.