Skirmishes between China and India ignited new tensions among the world's two largest populations and sparked fears of a wider conflict between two major, nuclear-armed powers in Asia.
Officials from both sides have remained largely silent on the territorial dispute, with media outlets driving public awareness of the situation. Indian army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane acknowledged in a statement that at least two rounds of unarmed clashes earlier this month in the northern Ladakh region and further east in the pass of Naku La that ties India's Sikkim with China's Tibet, reportedly resulting in injuries on both sides, according to several Indian news outlets.
"The Chinese border troops are committed to upholding China's territorial and sovereignty security, responding resolutely to India's trespassing and infringing activities, and maintaining peace and tranquility in the China-India border areas," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian told reporters on May 21.
Both men said Beijing and New Delhi were in contact over the situation via diplomatic channels but the two sides have continued to engage in hostile rhetoric over a decades-old dispute they threatened to revitalize.
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