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Clash with Beijing could drive India reluctantly closer to US
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The clash on Monday night between Chinese and Indian troops on the two countries' contested Himalayan border - the worst in five decades and leaving at least 20 Indian soldiers, including an officer, dead - has left policymakers and analysts asking if this is the moment that will drive India and the United States closer.
That would seem logical.
