Military build-up by China and India along border raises shooting risks: Analysts


WASHINGTON (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): With both China and India beefing up militarily on their Himalayan border, analysts are worrying that it could be just a matter of time before a clash involves more than sticks, clubs and fists.

Indian and Chinese troops skirmished on the border on Dec 9 – which reportedly left several soldiers injured. The clash was on China’s border with Arunachal Pradesh, in the eastern sector of the 3,488km-long border, of which many sections are in dispute.

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