In Himalayan Arms Race, China One-ups India

By Frank Jack Daniel/Reuters

Anxiety over China, however, outweighs the irritation with India, says Leto, who like most in Tawang is a follower of Tibetan Buddhism.

“It’s a fear, because already China has annexed Tibet. We feel part of India, we are used to India,” he said.

(Additional reporting by Satarupa Bhattacharjya in New Delhi; Biswajyoti Das in Arunchal Pradesh; Michael Martina and Ben Blanchard in Beijing; editing by Bill Tarrant and Michael Williams)

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