# Unusual type of border face off at indo-china border **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 24, 2013, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-type-of-border-face-off-at-indo-china-border/667049 "2013-08-24T12:06:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-type-of-border-face-off-at-indo-china-border/667049/1 "2013-08-24T12:06:26Z")
[Video link](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/news/Exclusive-Chinese-incursion-caught-on-tape/videoshow/21979719.cms) I have never seen jostling happen between two heavily armed platoons. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-type-of-border-face-off-at-indo-china-border/667049/2 "2013-08-24T13:52:11Z")
Competition between superorganisms. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-type-of-border-face-off-at-indo-china-border/667049/3 "2013-08-24T18:37:24Z")
Changed the title as you asked. ---
**Author:** ![Damfino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Damfino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damfino)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-type-of-border-face-off-at-indo-china-border/667049/4 "2013-08-24T22:01:11Z")
Sino -Indian is the usual adjective . Indo-China may refer to other south east Asian countries . Let’s be thankful that nobody resorted to gunfire . ---
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-type-of-border-face-off-at-indo-china-border/667049/5 "2013-08-26T04:05:08Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Changed the title as you asked. Thank you! > [@Damfino](#): > > Sino -Indian is the usual adjective . Indo-China may refer to other south east Asian countries . > > Let’s be thankful that nobody resorted to gunfire . Yes, Sino -Indian should be preferred. Yes, be thankful for no gunfire but Chinese displayed some pettiness in the incident. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-type-of-border-face-off-at-indo-china-border/667049/6 "2013-08-26T15:55:31Z")
The knowledge of geography as evidenced by the Times of India caption writer leaves something to be desired. “Near Taiwan?” Perhaps they meant “near Tibet.” Roddy ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-type-of-border-face-off-at-indo-china-border/667049/7 "2013-08-26T16:40:29Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > The knowledge of geography as evidenced by the Times of India caption writer leaves something to be desired. “Near Taiwan?” Perhaps they meant “near Tibet.” > Roddy Yeah, if this was near the common Indo-Chinese-Taiwanese border, I’d say that the Indians had done some major incursioning in the past. ---
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-type-of-border-face-off-at-indo-china-border/667049/8 "2013-08-26T16:53:46Z")
Its Tawang, in Arunachal Pradesh. Tibet border. Writing ‘Taiwan’ there is their mistake. ---
**Author:** ![Damfino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Damfino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damfino)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-type-of-border-face-off-at-indo-china-border/667049/9 "2013-08-26T20:51:03Z")
Unfortunately the northeast corner of the country is off the radar for many Indians . Also spellcheck . ---
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-type-of-border-face-off-at-indo-china-border/667049/10 "2013-08-27T05:47:15Z")
> [@Damfino](#): > > Unfortunately the northeast corner of the country is off the radar for many Indians . Also spellcheck . Very right. That’s unfortunate. You posts suggest that you have some Indian connection, is it true? ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-type-of-border-face-off-at-indo-china-border/667049/11 "2013-08-27T12:05:35Z")
That’s very unfortunate. All they wanted was a decent cuppa tea! ---
**Author:** ![Damfino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Damfino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damfino)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-type-of-border-face-off-at-indo-china-border/667049/12 "2013-08-28T00:18:36Z")
> [@truthSeeker2](#): > > Very right. That’s unfortunate. You posts suggest that you have some Indian connection, is it true? Yes. Live in the northeast. Been to Tawang twice ---
**Author:** ![Damfino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Damfino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damfino)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-type-of-border-face-off-at-indo-china-border/667049/13 "2013-08-28T00:25:35Z")
> [@JustinC](#): > > That’s very unfortunate. All they wanted was a decent cuppa tea! Which was why they invaded India in 1962:😃 ---
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-type-of-border-face-off-at-indo-china-border/667049/14 "2013-08-28T06:22:53Z")
> [@Damfino](#): > > Yes. Live in the northeast. Been to Tawang twice thats awesome!! what are the odds that of an Indian, who starts a thread on a American board on north-east India, getting replies from another Indian from north-east India itself?🙂 may I ask which state? ---
**Author:** ![Damfino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Damfino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damfino)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-type-of-border-face-off-at-indo-china-border/667049/15 "2013-08-28T21:34:49Z")
Assam , where the tea comes from. 😃 I’ve also lived in Meghalaya , in Shillong to be precise . Visited Nagaland , Manipur , Arunachal and Sikkim. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-type-of-border-face-off-at-indo-china-border/667049/16 "2013-08-28T22:42:20Z")
The footage is really poor and I’m not Indian or Chinese so there may be cultural misunderstandings but in a lot of that footage it looks like the soldiers are playfully rough-housing with each other than any particularly charged and tense confrontation, look at the smiles on some of their faces. The newscaster seems to be talking it up as more dramatic than it actually was. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-type-of-border-face-off-at-indo-china-border/667049/17 "2013-08-29T11:36:42Z")
It’s like something out of Monty Python. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-type-of-border-face-off-at-indo-china-border/667049/18 "2013-08-29T22:39:48Z")
It’s like the international border version of a baseball fight. Lots of face-saving.