China-India relations: both sides urge restraint in border stand-off but continue to play blame game

Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh (middle right) holds talk with Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe (middle left) in Moscow on Friday. - South China Morning Post

HONG KONG, Sept 6 (SCMP): China and India’s defence ministers both urged restraint in their first face-to-face meeting following a deadly clash along their disputed Himalayan border in June.

But the two rivals continued to trade barbs over who was to blame with China’s Defence Minister Wei Fenghe saying China would not give up “one inch” of territory.