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pahunkboy -> India, China border tensions belie ‘warm’ words of leaders http://www.arabtimesonline.com/NewsDeta . (12/27/2010 8:54:35 AM)
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India, China border tensions belie ‘warm’ words of leadershttp://www.arabtimesonline.com/NewsDeta ... fault.aspxIndia, China border tensions belie ‘warm’ words of leaders The border dispute triggered a brief but bloody war in 1962 that proved to be a defining moment in modern Indo-Chinese relations and the basis for decades of mutual suspicion and mistrust that have yet to be fully shed.India says China is illegally occupying 38,000 square kilometres (15,000 square miles) of its northwestern territory, while Beijing claims a 90,000-square-kilometre chunk of northeast India.Perceptions that China is taking a harder line on its claims have led New Delhi to beef up its military presence along the frontier with thousands of extra combat troops, armour and expanded frontline airbases.
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