Why is World War 3 trending on Twitter? Tensions between China and India explained

 

Subscribe to the Evening Standard on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7RQon_YwCnp_LbPtEwW65w?sub_confirmation=1 World War 3 has been trending on Twitter again, after at least three Indian soldiers, including a senior army officer, have been killed in a confrontation with Chinese troops along their disputed frontier high in the Himalayas. The incident is the first confrontation between the two Asian countries in which soldiers have died since 1975, and happened after a month-long face off between forces on both sides. In recent weeks Indian and Chinese soldiers, who do not typically carry weapons in the region to avoid escalating conflicts, have fought and detained each other, and deployed forces and equipment in the western Himalayas. A statement made by the Indian army said a “violent face-off” took place in Galwan valley in the Ladakh region - one of the four clash points in the area - on Monday night, and there were “casualties on both sides”. Read more: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/world-war-3-trending-china-india-border-a4470406.html