Newsletter Sign Up Continue reading the main story Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box. “Another standoff is completely possible,” said Zhang Li, an expert on India at Sichuan University in southwest China. “We shouldn’t be overly optimistic.”Tensions erupted in June when India sent troops to halt a plan by China to extend an unpaved road on the Doklam Plateau, where China, India and the kingdom of Bhutan meet. Chinese officials were furious and demanded that India pull back. “The last thing an aging, economically less vibrant China needs is to fall into a generations-long cold war with India.”

Source: New York Times August 28, 2017 08:18 UTC