Sikkim

Relations between India and China have deteriorated in recent times. The two Asian neighbours have warned each other over the current situation in Doklam, an area near Sikkim that China claims as its own. India deployed soldiers in Doklam early in June in order to stop the construction of a road by the Chinese Army. New Delhi claimed that the Chinese action has security implications for India.

Within days of India announcing plans to assert its right within the Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan, China has blocked a tributary of the Brahmaputra River as part of a major hydro-electric project.