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Thin Ice in the Himalayas: Handling the India-China Border Dispute
Frictions along the India-China frontier have heated up following a burst of fighting in 2020, the first in decades.
The danger of more will lurk as long as the countries disagree over where the line lies.
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Both should take steps to manage the mounting risks.
What’s new?
A deadly clash on the India-China frontier in 2020 has caused a fundamental shift in relations between the two Asian giants.
Anxieties arising from competition for influence in South Asia and globally have spilled over into their border dispute, fuelling military build-ups and heightening the risk of fresh fighting.
Why does it matter?
Nationalist governments in…