Indian and Chinese Troops Gift Sweets at Contested Border

Indian and Chinese troops exchange sweets to commemorate the pullback of troops at several points along their contested border. Image via the Press Trust of India

Indian and Chinese troops exchanged boxes of sweets on Thursday at two points on their contested high-altitude border, a week after the leaders of the Asian rivals held a rare meeting.

China and India, the world’s two most populous nations, are intense rivals and have accused each other of trying to seize territory along their unofficial divide, known as the Line of Actual Control.

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