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Doklam Standoff Beyond Border Dispute
The recent border standoff between arch rival China and India has been further escalated with Beijing holding live fire drills in the Tibet-Qinghai plateau at a height of 5000 feet. The telecast of the drill by the Chinese Central Television suggesting China is well prepared for a war in the high altitude Himalayan region adds further fuel to the already tense situation. Training with the T-96 tanks suggests an all-out war in the entire disputed border between the two neighbours and indicates Chinese pressure-exerting tactic on India to withdraw from Doklam. Although the situation is more than regular border skirmishes, India must not back down; rather it should harden its stand against the dragon as the standoff is beyond the border dispute.
