18 Indian states and union territories share borders with other countries. The countries include Bangladesh, China, Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar, Bhutan, and Afghanistan Image: Pexels ...

Bhutan is one of the two countries with which China is yet to resolve its land border dispute. The other country is India, which has a long-running disagreement over its Himalayan frontier with China.

Bhutan has become ground zero for strategic competition between India and China in South Asia. India claims to have intervened on Bhutan’s request, but China, on the other hand, contends that Bhutan ...

Titled “Forceful Diplomacy: China’s Cross-Border Villages in Bhutan,” the report details the expansion of Chinese villages within Bhutan’s customary borders: There are now 22 such villages ...

China's new white paper identifies internal and external threats, including border disputes with India and Bhutan, while emphasizing the importance of political and regime security under the CPC.

BEIJING: Talks to resolve border issue with India and Bhutan "continue to advance," a new white paper on China's national security has said, identifying a host of internal and external threats ...

As early as 2020, Bhutan’s ambassador to India said there was “no Chinese village inside Bhutan,” following Indian media reports about such development in the kingdom’s western borderlands.

But uncertainty remains about how Bhutan can insulate itself from any costs incurred given how dependent its economy is on Indian largesse. Perched on India’s border, the GMC is seen as both an ...