Nuclear powers, a disputed border and an uneasy truce: Explaining the India-China conflict.
, a senior research fellow at Chatham House, an international affairs think tank in London.
Among the reasons raised by analysts include China’s objection to India’s construction of a road through the Galwan Valley connecting the region to an airstrip, New Delhi’s increasing close alliance with Washington, and Beijing’s support for Pakistan in its dispute with India over the Kashmir region.
“There definitely is a clear sense that China is much more forceful at the moment than it has been in the past,” he said.
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