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With the worlds attention on the deteriorating situation in Pyongyang, trouble brewing among its neighbours has been overshadowed. <\/p>\n
But the Asian continent could erupt into full-blown conflict as India and China - both nuclear-armed - have been at loggerheads over their shared border. <\/p>\n
Despite the actual dividing line between the emerging economies situated in uninhabited, inhospitable wasteland, it is a flashpoint for conflict. <\/p>\n
China, the powerhouse of the region, is battling neighbour India, another of the developing BRICS nations, for dominance as the sub-continent grows in strength. <\/p>\n
Since June armed forces from both countries have been locked in a stand-off along the border, known as the Donglang in China and Doklam in India. <\/p>\n
Troops had been amassing due to a spat over the Chinese building a road through a territory Indias ally and neighbour Bhutan disputes. <\/p>\n
And on Tuesday soldiers from both sides were involved in a skirmish. <\/p>\n
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The fall-out came just before Indian prime minister Narenda Modis 70th birthday, and he boldly declared the country was \"strong enough to overcome those who try to act against our country. <\/p>\n
With both parties locked into the disagreement for several months, there are fears the situation is a tinderbox which could ignite at any moment. <\/p>\n
And as both are nuclear-armed, it could escalate very quickly with devastating consequences. <\/p>\n
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Eurasia Group Asia analyst, Shailesh Kumar, said: \"Both sides stand to lose tremendously, economically speaking, should this boil over into an actual war. <\/p>\n
Earlier this month Chinese state news platform Xinhua published an article \"India must not flirt with disaster, claiming Indias involvement in the Doklam area was \"an offense to China's sovereignty.\" <\/p>\n
Provocative headlines could stoke the flames of war, with both sides posturing. <\/p>\n
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But Alyssa Ayres, senior fellow for India at the Council on Foreign Relations, placed the blame on China. <\/p>\n
She said the dispute was a \"conflict that China has created. <\/p>\n
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But she added the the \"Chinese military has more to lose. <\/p>\n
The bubbling tension comes as Chinese quasi-ally North Korea had the world on edge as it dangled threats of a nuclear strike. <\/p>\n
China has been criticised for its sympathetic attitude towards Kim Jong-uns regime, but recent developments which have seen Pyongyang threaten the US territory of Guam have been met with equal force from US president Donald Trump. <\/p>\n
He vowed to retaliate with fire and fury. <\/p>\n
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