NEW DELHI -- A nearly $600 million Indian program to develop villages in northeastern areas bordering China, including in a state Beijing claims as its own, has underscored New Delhi's determination to consolidate control along the tense Himalayan frontier.
International relations
India shores up China border strategy with 'Vibrant Villages'
Nearly $600m infrastructure plan counters Beijing's 'well-off society' hamlets
A snow-laden pass in Tawang in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh: China, which claims the state as Zangnan, recently announced it was renaming 11 places within it. © AFP/Jiji
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