China, India: Aksai Chin, Arunachal Pradesh

When

2020

Kind

Armed conflict

Deaths

25

Coordinates

35.02° N, 78.09° E

Incompatibility

territory

Type of conflict

interstate

Territory name

Aksai Chin, Arunachal Pradesh

Region

Asia

Location

China, India

Side a

Government of China

Placed at the middle of its 2 recorded clashes (UCDP GED).

Border conflict between China and India

Beginning on 5 May 2020, Chinese and Indian troops engaged in aggressive melee, face-offs, and skirmishes at locations along the Sino-Indian border, including near the disputed Pangong Lake in Ladakh and the Tibet Autonomous Region, and near the border between Sikkim and the Tibet Autonomous Region. Additional clashes also took place at locations in eastern Ladakh along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

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• UCDP Battle-Related DeathsUppsala Conflict Data ProgramCreative Commons Attribution 4.0
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Several Chinese and Indian soldiers are injured in a cross-border clash at the Nathu La crossing”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Вооружённый пограничный конфликт между Индией и КНР”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “مقتل ما لا يقل عن عشرين جنديًّا هنديًّا خلال مناوشاتٍ على طول خط السيطرة الفعلية بين الصين والهند”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2020年中印邊境衝突”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “との国境地帯に位置するカシミール地方東部のガルワン渓谷で15日夜に起きた中国軍とインド軍の衝突により”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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