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India-China border standoff: Thousands of troops go toe-to-toe at 15,000 feet
India-China border standoff: Thousands of troops go toe-to-toe at 15,000 feet
China’s Defense Ministry didn’t respond to questions
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by Wall Street Journal | November 2, 2014
It was dusk when the herdsmen reached their Himalayan village bearing ominous news: They had spotted dozens of camouflage-clad Chinese soldiers inside territory India considers its own.
Indian security forces poured in, beginning a face-off last month that grew to involve more than 1,000 troops on each side at an altitude of roughly 15,000 feet, according to Indian officials, making it the biggest border confrontation between the two nations in decades.
The mountain standoff lasted weeks and at times involved tense shoving-and-shouting matches, according to Indian border-patrol troopers who participated. Both armies called in helicopters. The scale and duration of the clash are signs of mounting friction between the world’s two most-populous countries.
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