Uneasy Ladakh locals watch India-China spat at close range

While diplomats talk, residents see more fighter jets and troop movements

20200914 main market Leh Ladakh India

The threat of war hangs over Leh's picturesque main market in India's troubled Ladakh region. (Photo by Bhat Burhan)

BHAT BURHAN, Contributing writer

LADAKH, India -- For the last few weeks, 19-year-old Singay Angechuk, a resident of Leh in the Himalayan region of the Indian-controlled Union Territory of Ladakh, has woken to the terrifying roar of jet fighters circling overhead.

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