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New Delhi: A Chinese soldier detained after straying into Indian territory near their high-altitude frontier will be handed back “after formalities are completedâ€, New Delhi said Tuesday. Both sides have engaged in a tense standoff along their 3,500-kilometre border since a battle in June left at least 20 Indian soldiers dead, as well as an unspecified number of Chinese casualties. India announced Monday that a corporal named Wang Ya Long had been “apprehended†in the harsh mountainous area of Ladakh. Colonel Zhang Shuili, a Chinese military spokesman, said Wang got lost while looking for Tibetan herdsman’s yak. “We hope that...
