India Says it is Ready for War (With China)—Even in the Winter

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For several months a potential conflict has been brewing along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the poorly demarcated border that separates Chinese and Indian-controlled territory along the Himalayas. It began in June when soldiers from the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) crossed the LAC and clashed with Indian forces in the Galwan Valley. That territorial transgression began a major escalation of tensions between the two most populous countries in the world—but the roots of a potential conflict go back to the October 2013 when the India-China border defense cooperation agreement failed to make certain that the actions of a...