Earlier this month, Indian troops on a remote Himalayan plateau built a small observation hut from where they could watch Chinese soldiers across the disputed border.
The move so irked China's military that it laid a road on territory claimed by India and demanded that the tin hut be dismantled.
India refused, destroyed a part of the new road and promptly raised troop numbers in the area.
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