Tension Grows Between China And India As Asia Slips Into Cold War -- Times Online
You have to go to a tropical paradise to find the latest front in the brewing cold war between China and India.
On the southernmost tip of the Maldives lies the island of Gan, a tiny patch of coconut palms and powdery white beaches. It was here that Britain set up a secret naval base in 1941, building airstrips and vast fuel tanks to support its fleet in the Indian Ocean during the Second World War.
The RAF then used it as a Cold War outpost until 1976, when the British withdrew and the officers’ quarters were converted into a resort called Equator Village.
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My Comment: This has been brewing for a very long time. Both countries have serious border disputes and issues that need to be resolved .... but these differences have been present since the 1950s and there has been little if any forward progress in resolving them.
There is more in the Times article that examines the ideological and historical conflict between the two nations .... this is a must read article for all Sino-India watchers.
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