Indian border guards at a highway leading to the Ladakh region. Photo: dpa
China’s revival of claim line could worsen border row with India: experts
  • China’s resurrection of a 1959 claim line and its stance on Ladakh are doing little to ease border tensions with India, analysts say
  • An emerging concern is the Line of Actual Control could become heavily militarised, like the India-Pakistan border which sees frequent firing of arms leading to casualties
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China’s revival of claim line could worsen border row with India: experts
  • China’s resurrection of a 1959 claim line and its stance on Ladakh are doing little to ease border tensions with India, analysts say
  • An emerging concern is the Line of Actual Control could become heavily militarised, like the India-Pakistan border which sees frequent firing of arms leading to casualties
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Indian border guards at a highway leading to the Ladakh region. Photo: dpaIndian border guards at a highway leading to the Ladakh region. Photo: dpa
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China’s revival of claim line could worsen border row with India: experts
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  • China’s resurrection of a 1959 claim line and its stance on Ladakh are doing little to ease border tensions with India, analysts say
  • An emerging concern is the Line of Actual Control could become heavily militarised, like the India-Pakistan border which sees frequent firing of arms leading to casualties
At least 86 people arrested in Hong Kong for illegal assembly or other offences

Among them, 74, including four district councillors, were held on suspicion of participating in an unauthorised assembly in Causeway Bay.

Among them, 74, including four district councillors, were held on suspicion of participating in an unauthorised assembly in Causeway Bay.

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Annual holiday sees the usual traffic jams and railway station crushes as people let off steam after troubling year.

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Opinion | With the police’s redefinition of media, I am no longer a journalist

But it’s not just the media being redefined, it is also the Basic Law, liberal studies, and separation of powers as we know it. Hong Kong’s very character is being changed.

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The View | State-owned firms complicate fight against tobacco use

Efforts to curb tobacco have been thwarted in part because half the global cigarette industry is controlled by eight countries who are part of those efforts. Governments with a stake in the industry should acknowledge the conflict of interest and make a commitment to manage it.

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Reflections | Why the Chinese celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival (and I don’t)

The occasion became popular during the Tang dynasty, while its date on the 15th day of the eighth month on the Chinese calendar was established during the Northern Song dynasty.

The occasion became popular during the Tang dynasty, while its date on the 15th day of the eighth month on the Chinese calendar was established during the Northern Song dynasty.

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