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Doklam standoff: Is bellicose Chinese official media stoking tensions?

The Chinese media and bureaucracy's stand on the age-old dispute in Doklam plateau seems calculated

China, India, Doklam
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Aditi Phadnis
In a Delhi suburb, owners of a restaurant called Yummy Bhutan (where, by the way, you can get “very tasty Chinese food”) could be echoing China’s sentiments. Yummy Bhutan is exactly how China is looking at Bhutan. And India has made it quite clear that it doesn’t like it.

To misquote Princess Diana (“there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded”), there are three in the Doklam stand-off — India, Bhutan and China. The postures are such that South Asia has been plunged into acute anxiety and tension. Worse, there are indications that the