dot com slash w news. i'm clear, richardson, thank you so much for watching the . the untold story details is designed to point to the find it here repos every weekend on d. w. hi, out in the himalayan mountain. fish is where to major countries meets china and india between them the longest disputed land boat and the world's aboard. yet

this has even seen violence classes. we'll track their relationship from the snowy peaks to the vast indian ocean to unravel. where are these 2 joins the heading? what that means for the region and book this holiday island paradise has to do with the china and india to power houses in asia, one democracy, the other and those source harry in states. they have the 2nd and 5th biggest economies in the world. both possess nuclear us. no. combined, almost 3000000000 people live in these 2 countries. that's moving to side of the world's entire population. so how these 2 nations deceive each other is pretty important. lately, it's more about rivalry than cooperation. i would even say that the and then i'm trying to relationship and the reason you is from bad to even worse the stomach

times, i mean treat dies remain. but the diplomatic ties of food on, on the but actually died, security dies have become very dense and things like that. but that wasn't always the case in the past. they actually, so those ties off to become this government to control in china in 1949 and india became independent from british colonial road in 1947. initially the dies of a strong session saying is an ex spots on indian national security. he's electra to jo university in the us and the senior fellow at the center for policy research and india for the country's product would work together and would become, you know, this a new x is around which shall put, uh, you know, pretty much as a, as a possible entity because in global relation, but that didn't happen. so what went wrong? one on so it can be found here, high up in the, in mountains. this is

a hostile environment. the cold doesn't dominated by broke an ice. let's go to the going valley. this is where indian and chinese soldiers got a dispute folder. in 2020, they crossed right here to bend. if the icy go on rizza the foot say at least 20 indian and 4 chinese soldiers died in hand to hand combat. many more could have been killed that day, cut the 2 sides and also breed years ago on a weapon free zone, which remains in place around the border. there's never been a real explanation to what happened since then. both sides of deployed massive amounts of troops. and often more than 20 rounds of tools, there's still no real resolution. the style make continues even for you. it's late to. here's the national spokes person for india as ruling policy at the munich

security conference in germany, and at least 2020 full. despite all of the mysterious activities at the bottom attempts of intrusion on the border, india to mean strong and india knows how to fully capable to deal with the dragon. and while the china is top, diplomats didn't mentioned the tensions within the directly. he reinforced china is official line on this kind of issue with a vast territory and over a dozen neighboring countries. china faces complex dispute slipped from history on that china has stayed committed to managing differences through consultation and resolving disputes through dialogue. the problem, the 2 countries consecrate on where exactly the boat runs. there were 3 main disputed areas. the 1st one is parts of kashmir. a region contested by china, india, pakistan. this area is called x. i chon, it's controls by china,

but claimed by india. then that's the indian stage of a root of child per dash, which china claims in its entire c, cooling itself to beds. and in the middle there are other, smaller flesh points too. so mapping this area is difficult and sensitive. last year, china published a new standard map showing these territories as it so sparking fury and india. and again touching the conflict up a notch. the nationalistic emotion is become stronger and stronger, and the both government can not afford to just show which nice in terms of the border. just what this is. chatelle lee had a feat, w's chinese service spaced in boston, germany. he is covered, india, china relations for many years, and he says, the board a conflict is that the hearts of the rivalry? no comment that will say that's ok. wait, let's make a compromise. let's give some land to the other side. left. make peace. it will not

happen and mine was less likely, i will say. so that's a unsuitable problem. and the only thing is both come and try to keep the stitch as cool. part of the problem can be traced back to the colonial times. precision maps from the 19th and early 20th century show different versions of why the board of runs full nokia border. a tool like this british mount from 1947, the india became independent to bed, plays a role hit to back then to batch was a buffer separating india from china. it was the fact so independent as shown in many mounts from the 1st of the 20th century. but that changed off to china took full control of to batch and the 1950s. in 1959, the tibetan uprising sausage. it was quickly crushed by chinese soldiers

and to that spiritual lead to the dalai lama fled to india anger in china. shortly after that skirmishes started to erupt between india and china. full if that made the prospective agreeing on a coming boat and more difficult. and since then, it's never become a reality. so what is shown on most maps today is in many areas just to loose the location line, the line of actual control for l i. c, for schultz. the 2 sides consecrate on where exactly this boundary runs. well, how long it is hot spots along the disputed board to god is by tens of thousands of troops on each side. that's why the 2 countries have been busy building roads, bridges, and tunnels along the l. a. c. infrastructure is keyed to guessing soldiers into the mountains quickly to one recent example here at the seller pos

india has just integrated, a major tunnel here. this will enable the indian army to move its troops to the l. a. c, foster, no matter the weather. on the chinese side, sloughed to terrain makes building roads easier. therefore, india is only playing catch up china, and then get infrastructure even today remains much less so than that of time. that's the case on many levels. then there's another reason why india is afraid of chinese dominance will to the rivers originating in the himalayas supply fresh water to around 1300000000 people will discuss the t is already a great concern in south asia and climate change will only make this problem less the china has built several times in the region, transforming the landscape. the potential for hydropower is immense. chinese engineers have even proposed building the world's largest hydro power plants at this river, benz tons, like these leave,

many indians fear in china could end up in control of the flow if it's vice with rivers. so this is a context of a land. as a result of the incident, let's move from the mountains to another region where this conflict is palpable, the indian ocean. it's a vast area stretching for more than 10000 kilometers from the 10th of africa to australia. economically, militarily, strategically, this is one of the most important regions in the well, it's a crucial trade route for china. the world's number one exposure of goods that'd be fine in the ocean and that should be one time. the 2nd reason it didn't ocean is important to china because it is wants to project off china's interest in the region goes back well over a decade and it has substantially increased its investments that china has steaks and over 20 ports in the indian ocean region. some of them even have the potential

for naval use, or let's take the quotes of 2 booty, for example. this is what it looks like in may 2015 and off the huge chinese investment. here's how it looks today. china now has no certainly a port situated on one of the busiest shipping lanes in the wealth, but also a military base here. and by the way, all that only a couple of miles away from the u. s. space also located in the country. now if you take this quote into peachy, along with other quotes that have a strong chinese presence like these ones in ser lanka, me and mountain pakistan. india starts to looks around it. this is possible some on the list co china string of pulse strategy. and it has india worried. let me 1st say that both look benign unless you lost the oysters. from an indian point of view. i would say it's very reasonable for us to actually prepare

for uh for a project for drug, great, a chinese presents. then we have seen before that's why in recent years, india has started building because capacities in the indian ocean all day, the country is still far behind other big players, india is investing its naval defense budget is increasing every year. india is focusing on some key areas, the malika lum book, and some districts in the indian ocean. these at the bottom next connecting the south china sea and the indian ocean. chinese warships like this one have to pass through the straits to enter the indian ocean. and india wants to make sure it can, at least most of these passages. for example, here, india has a naval station at the southern end of the nickel bar islands, just 450 kilometers from the malik a straight speaking of islands. this is where the most eaves come into play.

that sion in the middle of the indian ocean makes these small islands quite important strategically. then also to be a dream destination for wealthy tourists. the also a hub for trade and infrastructure and for security. for a long time, the leaders of the multi sympathetic towards india, but more recently, loyalties have shifted in the last is election pro china candidates mohammed resume one of to come painting with the slogan india out this year he's already visited chinese president. she didn't ping an old indian troops to leave the multics and india stuff against china, which has the biggest, may be in the world. even supposing the us one of india strategies forming alliance, it's the powerful part in this india, as a member of the so called quote, a diplomatic security focus partnership with the us,

australia and japan. and india is deepening relationship with the us has on good china. but india is also capital to maintain links with china, despite tensions. the 2 countries, the members of the same groups aimed at countering west and tillman and the brakes, and the shanghai corporation organization. that strategy trying to keep up very different to lines that are. it's a tough balancing act. but for india it's a way of keeping its options open. especially with such a dominant neighbor. recently, chinese economy has slowed down. well, india is growing. it's attracting for an investment. i'm gaining confidence. china being china is a reality. but equal reality, india is a rising power. still, india is a long way of catching up with china. changing. it's generally accepted in the global business communities that the next china is still china. back to a hot spot,

an unresolved boat, the disputes, and the special for him. so it's in the indian ocean. where's this rifle re heading? in the west case, this could escalate. could that even be potential for? well, i don't see this. what will happen because 1st of all of those 2 countries, i'm pretty much aware that they both have nuclear weapons, the nuclear power. so both sides can know the for to, to open a wall, ways of some consequences. you cannot calculate, they both know the problem cannot be solved and they both meet each other in some other area. it's probably politically. so the stalemate continues, neither side wants to risk a bigger escalation and nice to come back down. if they find a way to settle that differences high up in the himalayas and in the indian ocean, the neighbors could be powerful partners. but for now, china and india look set to continue competing for influence and status to giants.

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