What Chinese and Indian Media Are Saying About Their Deadly Border Clash
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Nationalist passions ran high on both sides of the contested China-India border as local and social media reacted to the deadly escalation in their weeks-long military standoff in the Himalayas.
Violent clashes Monday led to the first deaths in more than four decades at the border. India has confirmed 20 of its troops were killed, while Zhang Shuili, a military spokesperson in China’s western battle zone command, said in a statement there had been casualties on both sides, but gave no further details.