How China Is Quietly Bracing for Conflict With India | WSJ Coordinates

China has ramped up military and dual-use infrastructure along its border with India over the past decade. Experts say Beijing’s extensive network of roads, railways and airports in Tibet and along the Himalaya Mountains are part of a risky effort to dominate the region.

WSJ breaks down the infrastructure race between China and India and how it’s creating an increasingly flammable situation between two major world powers.

Chapters:

0:00 China’s new railway through the Himalayas

0:59 Roads and trains

3:29 Air power

4:30 Border villages

5:21 China’s ‘active defense’ strategy

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In Coordinates, WSJ explains the geopolitics and developments of key regions imperative to the military strategies of countries around the world.

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