Chinese Influence & Expansion

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This isn't good,

India, China troops clash at Himalayan border with 'casualties on both sides'

Indian and Chinese troops clashed with iron rods and stones at their disputed border, resulting in casualties on both sides including the death of three Indian soldiers, Indian officials said on Tuesday, in a major escalation of a weeks-old standoff.

uk.reuters.com

 

[Mr. Tea]

I'd go as far as to call it bad, in fact.

 

[luka]

not ones to mince words are you boys!

 

[Mr. Tea]

not ones to mince words are you boys!

I am a hard-nosed geopolitical analyst!

 

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I'd assumed they'd been shooting at each other, but apparently they were fighting with "iron rods and stones" (?!).

 

[Mr. Tea]

Sticks and stones may break my bones, which, it turns out, is jolly painful and not conducive to a positive health outcome.