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A photo taken on May 29, 2012, shows India's Tezpur-Tawang highway, which runs to the Chinese border, in the state of Arunachal Pradesh.
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NEW DELHI (BLOOMBERG) - India has opened a new all-weather access in a disputed part of its border with China to enable faster movement of troops and artillery, another potential irritant in relations between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.
The new bridge, which can take 40 tonnes of weight, was built in Arunachal Pradesh in India's remote northeast, a region that's claimed by China and near the scene of previous clashes. Border intrusions have risen 50 per cent in 2019 compared to the previous year, people with knowledge of the matter said.
