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Chinese Nomads Seen in Indian Territory, Indian Nomads Restricted, After Border Conflict
October 28, 2021
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NEW DELHI—Nomads in Ladakh on India’s border with China face uncanny situations after the last year’s bloody conflict between the two countries—while they sight nomads grazing their yaks from across the border, restrictions imposed by the Indian military keep them away from their traditional pastures. A Ladakhi public servant, Kunchok Stanzin, shared with The Epoch Times…
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Chinese Incursion Into Indian Territory Documented on VIDEO
NEW DELHI—Chinese citizens and Chinese soldiers in plainclothes entered Indian territory in the winter pasture of Cakzung on Dec. 16, according to Konchok Stanzin, a native of a nearby village and the councilor of a group of villages in the Ladakh Union Territory. Cakzung is a high altitude winter grazing pasture land in the Nyoma…
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