Clashes have erupted between Chinese and Indian forces near the border in the Himalayas in the last month. Photo: AP Clashes have erupted between Chinese and Indian forces near the border in the Himalayas in the last month. Photo: AP
Clashes have erupted between Chinese and Indian forces near the border in the Himalayas in the last month. Photo: AP
China /  Diplomacy

China plays it cool despite ‘alarm over India border stand-off’

  • Confrontation comes as Beijing grapples with challenges on all fronts, including US
  • But neither side likely to escalate tensions, observer says

Topic |   China-India border dispute
Liu ZhenJun Mai
Liu Zhen in Beijing and Jun Mai in Beijing

Updated: 3:28pm, 29 Jun, 2020

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Clashes have erupted between Chinese and Indian forces near the border in the Himalayas in the last month. Photo: AP Clashes have erupted between Chinese and Indian forces near the border in the Himalayas in the last month. Photo: AP
Clashes have erupted between Chinese and Indian forces near the border in the Himalayas in the last month. Photo: AP

Corrected [3:28pm, 29 Jun, 2020]

  • [3:28pm, 29 Jun, 2020]

    An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported that Wang Dehua was from the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies. 

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