China-India Ties Show Signs of Renewed Strain Following Kashmir Conflict

File image of the Indian army at a military camp in Eastern Ladakh along the country's disputed border with China known as the Line of Actual Control. (Photo by TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP)

More than a year of progress in repairing frayed diplomatic ties between India and China appears to be in jeopardy following the brief conflict that erupted in recent weeks between India and Pakistan.

The fighting between the two South Asian rivals flared in response to a brutal terrorist attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir that New Delhi accused Islamabad of orchestrating. The dispute then led to a short military conflict that didn’t do much to resolve the bitter divide over Kashmir, but caused considerable damage to India’s rapprochement with China.

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