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In June, 20 Indian soldiers died in a hand-to-hand brawl with People’s Liberation Army troops in Ladakh, in the Himalayas. Both New Delhi and Beijing have since seen peace talks deadlocked while they send more troops to the crucial territory. But Phunchok Stobdan, a former Indian diplomat and expert in India-Chinese relations, suggested China aggressively pushed against the border in response to the US under President Donald Trump.