https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/s...ndia-g9fl3rkh0
Stand-off in Himalayas as Chinese troops enter India
India and China have tried to defuse a stand-off between thousands of troops high in the Himalayas that has threatened to escalate into the most serious confrontation between the rivals for decades.
Chinese forces crossed the 2,500-mile border with India at several points and set up camp after soldiers from both sides traded blows and pelted each other with stones a month ago.
In parts of Ladakh, more than 4,300m above sea level, thousands of Chinese troops are understood to have encroached up to four kilometres into Indian territory and dug in to repel counterattacks.
India has quickly deployed thousands of its troops to meet the incursion. Helicopters have faced off, boats have chased each other on
Pangong Lake and fighter jets have flown sorties.
It is feared that a miscalculation by either side could tip the two most populous nations, both nuclear powers, into open conflict. Skirmishes between patrols along the unmarked Line of Actual Control in Ladakh, which forms the de facto border, are common but this time Chinese troops have occupied land not previously disputed.
After a meeting between Indian and Chinese commanders, Delhi said that both sides had agreed to “peacefully resolve” the confrontations......