While China de-escalates one Himalayan standoff with India, it is stoking another in neighboring Bhutan. China’s confrontation with India erupted into bloodshed, with the killing of at least 20 Indian troops near the Galwan Valley, but the dispute with Bhutan is expected to be less volatile – one where Beijing aims to turn a manufactured […]
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