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India building up troops, supplies along border amid Doklam stand off, alleges China

Early in June, according to the Chinese interpretation of events, Indian guards crossed into China's Donglang regio

Doklam stand off
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Doklam is not the most tense face-off between India and China

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 China's Foreign Ministry on Thursday said India has been building up troops and repairing roads along its side of the border amid an increasingly tense stand-off in a remote frontier region beside the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.

The stand-off on a plateau next to the mountainous Indian state of Sikkim, which borders China, has ratcheted up tension between the neighbours, who share a 3,500-km (2,175-mile) frontier, large parts of which are disputed.

"It has already been more than a month since the incident, and India is still not only illegally remaining on Chinese territory, it is also repairing roads in the rear,

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