In 2017, a peaceful withdrawal ended a tense two-month standoff over a mountain road
At a remote mountain pass 14,000 feet above sea level, Asia's two largest powers narrowly avoided a full-scale military conflict by agreeing to a mutual withdrawal after a summer of high-altitude tension.
A high-stakes standoff on the Doklam plateau finally ended in 2017 when India and China agreed to pull back their troops. The crisis began months earlier when Chinese workers attempted to build a road through territory claimed by Bhutan, a move India saw as a direct threat to its narrow Siliguri Corridor.
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