In June, tensions along the disputed Himalayan border between India and China spilled over into a violent confrontation in which at least 20 Indian soldiers lost their lives. Casualties on the Chinese side are unclear. This is the worst violence between the two nuclear-armed countries since the 1962 India-China war. Despite the warm public relations between Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping, strains in the relationship between China and India have been evident in recent years as a result of trade tensions and competing infrastructural projects in their borderlands.
This is Global Briefing from the School of Global Affairs brought to you by the King's India Institute & Lau China Institute.
Chaired by Dr Louise Tillin (Director, King’s India Institute, King's College London).
With Panel: Professor Kerry Brown (Director, Lau China Institute, King’s College London), Professor Harsh Pant (Professor of International Relations, King’s India Institute and Director of Research, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi), Dr Walter Ladwig (Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Department of War Studies, King’s College London) and Dr Nicola Leveringhaus (Lecturer in War Studies, East Asian Security and International Relations, Department of War Studies, King’s College London).
