This is our area. And you are doing recce, and patrolling this area with so many people? 10 people can do patrolling. Why so many?” Angry words from an Indian Army Officer to a Chinese officer as soldiers of both sides came face to face in Ladakh in Northeast Kashmir.
“The line is very clear,” says the Chinese officer in halting English. The Indian officer replies, “This is Indian territory. You are in Indian territory.”

This is all part of a video of a tense standoff that the Army says took place more than two years ago. And though the Army says there haven’t been recent flare-ups like this, the fact remains, young men from either side tasked with holding the line are often involved in situations where frayed tempers, miscommunication and contradictory claims to territory pose a very serious threat to the overall peace between that exists between the two countries.As the face off becomes more volatile, the Chinese officer repeats, “The line is very clear.”

The Indian Army officer counters this and wagging his finger tells his Chinese counterpart, “The line is very clear to me. It is not clear to you.”With both sides refusing to budge an inch, Chinese soldiers form a protective cordon behind their officer preventing the Indian Army from moving forward.