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NEW DELHI: Chinese incursions into the Indian border are more likely when elections are due in India, there is closer cooperation between India and the US or an increase in Indo-Pak hostilities, scientists have found after studying 15 years of data on monthly transgressions from across the border. Another factor that leads to increased incursions is a dip in consumer confidence in the Chinese economy , according to the study published in the journal Humanities & Social Sciences Communications which noted that world leaders and India’s military should be on high alert during these periods. “Our study is the first...