In a characteristic display of Chinese Communist Party duplicity, the People’s Liberation Army is utterly ignoring commitments made to India by China’s foreign minister on Sept. 10.

Yes, commitments made publicly just six days ago. Designed to reduce rising tensions along the India-China line-of-control border area, the two nations’ foreign ministers met in Moscow. Following discussions, each agreed to military pullbacks from aggressive patrols. The announcement was welcomed as a sign that the nuclear powers might suspend a seemingly unstoppable spiral toward war.