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Xi, Modi agree to 'de-escalate' tensions on disputed Himalayan border (new.thecradle.co)
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[–] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 41 points 1 year ago (3 children)

A 2020 clash between Chinese and Indian troops fighting with sticks and clubs on the ill-defined border killed 24 huh

[–] ghost_of_faso2@lemmygrad.ml 32 points 1 year ago

this conflict was metal, they where literally throwing each other off of cliffs and fighting hand to hand

[–] KurtVonnegut@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A 2020 clash between Chinese and Indian troops fighting with sticks and clubs

Radio War Nerd talked about this. This specific border area is "demilitarized" and neither side is allowed to have guns. So when a fight broke out it was just a huge fucking brawl of basically nationalist football hooligans beating each other up with blunt objects at 8,000 feet.

[–] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

Yeah that I knew, I didn’t realize 24 people fucking died