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Accessed 26 Aug. 2017.
Over the past two months tensions between Chinese and Indian military forces in the area of Bhutan in the Himalayas have escalated. The Chinese troops are attempting to build a road into the area claiming it is Chinese territory. India, which has a special relationship with Bhutan to provide military support, is defending the border. India does not want China advancing close to the Siliguri Corridor (a narrow stretch of land that joins northeast India to the rest of the country). Relations between India and China have been uneasy for many years and they deteriorated even further in 2005 when India signed a nuclear cooperation agreement with the U.S. Currently there are several hundred Chinese and Indian troops in the area at a standoff, with the potential for violence increasing.
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