World View: As Narendra Modi Visits Washington, China Threatens India After Border Clash

Decades of disputes on the Himalayan border between China’s Sikkim state and China’s Tibet province were renewed this month in more than ten days of confrontations between Chinese and Indian troops. The confrontation began early in June. China accuses India of sending border guards to cross into what China calls its “sovereign territory” in Sikkim, and said that the guards had “obstructed normal activities” by Chinese forces building roads connecting coal mines. -- More...