India-China border skirmish signals volatile 'new normal'

Analysts foresee more clashes along nuclear-armed neighbors' disputed boundary

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Indian demonstrators protest against China in Mumbai on Dec. 13, following the border scuffle in the Tawang area. © Reuters

KIRAN SHARMA, Nikkei staff writer

NEW DELHI -- The latest clash between Indian and Chinese troops along their disputed Himalayan border underscores the precarious nature of efforts to de-escalate tensions between the nuclear-armed Asian giants, analysts say, warning of the danger of more flare-ups.

"This is the new normal along the LAC," said Harsh V. Pant, vice president at the New Delhi-based Observer Research Foundation think tank, referring to the de facto border known as the Line of Actual Control.

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