Tensions Continue On The India - China Border

Reuters: Indian, China troops exchanged gunshots twice last week as tensions rose

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian and Chinese border troops had an exchange of gunfire last week just days before a meeting of their foreign ministers, Indian officials said on Wednesday, in a further breach of a decades-old restraint at the frontier.

The two sides have had a long-standing agreement for troops not to use firearms at the poorly defined Line of Actual Control or the informal border and for 45 years no shot has been fired.

But since late last month, there have been three incidents of warning shots fired in the western Himalayas where troops are locked in a faceoff over competing territorial claims, often in close proximity, officials aware of the situation told Reuters.

“In all these cases shots were fired in the air and not at each other thankfully,” said one of the officials.

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More News On The Tense China - India Border

India, China Fired 100-200 'Warning Shots' At Pangong In Early September -- NDTV
India asks China to pull back troops, arms in Ladakh region -- AP
India pushes supplies to disputed China border ahead of winter -- Al Jazeera
China suffered 'far fewer' casualties than India in June clash: Global Times editor -- Reuters
India and China are taking new risks along their border. It will be hard to restore peace. -- Washington Post
Is An India-China War Inevitable? – Analysis -- Mahima N. Duggal, Eurasia Review

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