Highlights 1 Defeat by China in 1962 had lingering effect on India: Article2 India making unfounded countercharges through its media: Article on Sikkim stand-off3 Donglang region belongs neither to Bhutan nor to India: Chinese govtTaking a cue from China's government, which on Wednesday said India carried the "liability" for the on-going border stand-off, Chinese media outlets have slammed India over the incident, linking it to everything from American support for India to the 1962 war. "Being defeated by China in 1962 has left a lingering effect on India," said a widely circulated article on Thursday by an unnamed writer on the quasi-official China Internet portal. On the Sikkim stand-off, the article accused India of "making unfounded countercharges through Indian media and claiming that China's construction corps had crossed the border into Indian territory." Also with steady development in its relationships with Russia, India began to engage in small actions on the border between China and India." "The original border between China and Sikkim was already demarcated, and the government of India later did not object to that border.

Source: India Today June 29, 2017 04:58 UTC