Shots fired into the air at tense India and China border
Hundreds of troops are in eyeball-to-eyeball proximity along the remote border, with both nuclear powers blaming the other for aggression
08 September 2020 - 11:20
New Delhi/Beijing — India and China have accused each other of firing into the air during a new confrontation on their border in the western Himalayas, in a further escalation of military tension between the nuclear-armed nations.
Hundreds of troops are in eyeball-to-eyeball proximity along the remote border, which erupted in a clash in June that killed 20 Indian soldiers in hand-to-hand fighting...
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