Defense

India and China defuse border tension

India and China are close to an agreement to end their strife over their contested border while they try to figure out a way to break decades-old stalemate on o...

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October 21, 2013 8:40 am

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India and China are close to an agreement to end their strife over their contested border while they try to figure out a way to break decades-old stalemate on overlapping claims to long stretches of the Himalayas. A border defense cooperation pact could be finished before India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to China this week. That is said to be a small step forward in a complicated relationship marked by booming economic ties and growing distrust.