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Ameya Pratap Singh, The Diplomat: What to Make of India and China’s Latest Border Clash
More important than the latest spat are the structural factors that prevent a final resolution of the border issue.
On May 10, Indian and Chinese troops clashed in north Sikkim (Naku La), which adjoins the 3,448-kilometer Line of Actual Control (LAC) that informally delimits the disputed Sino-Indian frontier. At an altitude of more than 16,000 feet, Chinese and Indian troops engaged in hand-to-hand fighting and stone-pelting, with both sides sustaining “minor” injuries. The Indian Army’s statement claims the incident left 11 injured on the Indian side.
Reports have also emerged of similar scuffles in the eastern Ladakh theater on the night of May 5-6. In an area called “Finger-5” on the northern bank of the 134-km Pangong Tso (lake), which was one of the key battlegrounds during the 1962 Sino-Indian War, roughly 400 troops clashed. Mutually established protocols at the local level were used to diffuse the situation and disengage.
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