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What Actually Happened in the China-India Border Fight Last Week?

by Cobus van Staden
Ananth Krishnan is the Beijing-based correspondent for The Hindu newspaper.

Last week’s violent border skirmish between Chinese and Indian soldiers sent the already frosty relationship into the deep freeze. However, much still remains unknown about the incident and its wider implications. 

Ananth Krishnan, the Beijing correspondent for The Hindu, compiled a wide range of sources to map out the events in his regular The India China Newsletter.

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