A man holds an effigy of Chinese President Xi Jinping before burning it during a protest against the Chinese government in Jammu, India on Wednesday. The latest clashes between China and India in the Himalayas have escalated a dispute that has been building for months. Photo: AP A man holds an effigy of Chinese President Xi Jinping before burning it during a protest against the Chinese government in Jammu, India on Wednesday. The latest clashes between China and India in the Himalayas have escalated a dispute that has been building for months. Photo: AP
A man holds an effigy of Chinese President Xi Jinping before burning it during a protest against the Chinese government in Jammu, India on Wednesday. The latest clashes between China and India in the Himalayas have escalated a dispute that has been building for months. Photo: AP
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Cool heads required from military leaders after China-India border clashes

  • As uncertainty remains over casualties suffered by Chinese and Indian forces in the Himalayas, both sides must acknowledge they have no good reason to go to war with each other

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Updated: 12:01am, 18 Jun, 2020

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A man holds an effigy of Chinese President Xi Jinping before burning it during a protest against the Chinese government in Jammu, India on Wednesday. The latest clashes between China and India in the Himalayas have escalated a dispute that has been building for months. Photo: AP A man holds an effigy of Chinese President Xi Jinping before burning it during a protest against the Chinese government in Jammu, India on Wednesday. The latest clashes between China and India in the Himalayas have escalated a dispute that has been building for months. Photo: AP
A man holds an effigy of Chinese President Xi Jinping before burning it during a protest against the Chinese government in Jammu, India on Wednesday. The latest clashes between China and India in the Himalayas have escalated a dispute that has been building for months. Photo: AP
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