Fragile India-China thaw tested by reported fresh Himalayan border face-offs
The sides have reportedly engaged in a stand-off at Asphila, area straddling southeastern Tibet’s Longzi county that New Delhi also claims
Last week, Shatrujeet Kapur, director general of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), said “confrontations with Chinese troops were continuing at multiple locations along the Arunachal Pradesh border”.
“In the past few days, a situation arose where face-off[s] happened at several locations in Arunachal and it still continues,” Kapur said at a military ceremony on Thursday, according to The Hindu.
