China Seeks Progress with India on Border Row After Modi Comment to Newsweek

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China said it hoped for progress with India on their border dispute after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Newsweek the situation needed be to addressed urgently. Military tensions are high along the 2,100 miles of the disputed border, known as the Line of Actual Control, between the two giant Asian nuclear powers, with India having overtaken China as the world's most populous country last year. Both countries continue to build infrastructure and reinforce troops in the mountainous region, where a deadly clash erupted between their soldiers in June 2020. Read more Exclusive Interview: Narendra Modi and the unstoppable rise...