Weakening trade may increase tension.
On Sept. 15, New Delhi labeled as "factually incorrect" reports that Chinese troops had wounded two Indian border policemen sometime in early September in northern Sikkim. If the shooting did indeed occur, it would be the first violation of a 1996 agreement between China and India not to use force along their disputed boundary. Because no rumor should be considered true until officially denied, it appears that these two nations may be entering into a period of renewed tension.Full Story
