PS. Explain This: China’s Border Dispute with India

If newspapers set foreign policy, Asia’s two giants would be on a war footing. Since mid-June, Indian and Chinese troops have been locked in a tense standoff over a slice of land that is actually claimed by the tiny Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan.

But while the current standoff is generating more heated rhetoric than past crises, it is part of a more complex Sino-Indian relationship. PS Associate Editor Greg Bruno explains.

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