The local cost of rising India-China tensions

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 June The local cost of rising India-China tensions 01/06/2020 | 4 MINS This article first appeared in The Interpreter on 1 June 2020, published by the Lowy Institute and written by Alexander Davis and Ruth Gamble. The recent territorial disputes in the Himalaya have a long history. They also imperil the future of a fragile place. India-China tensions have recently escalated at two Himalayan flashpoints: Ladakh and Sikkim. On 5 May, scuffles broke out between Chinese and Indian soldiers near Pangong Tso, a lake that straddles the border in Ladakh. At the same time, there were skirmishes near Nathu La, a mountain pass that marks the border in Sikkim. 10,000 Chinese soldiers are thought to remain camped at Pangong Tso, Galwan Valley and Demchok in Ladakh, and near Nathu La in Sikkim. These tensions are depressingly familiar. The concern, however, is not just military. It is also environmental and social. Ladakh sits at the headwaters of the Indus River, and Nathu La is within the Brahmaputra River Basin. These clashes risk damaging fragi

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 June The local cost of rising India-China tensions 01/06/2020 | 4 MINS This article first appeared in The Interpreter on 1 June 2020, published by the Lowy Institute and written by Alexander Davis and Ruth Gamble.

The recent territorial disputes in the Himalaya have a long history.

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