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China’s ‘salami slicing’ of the land-locked Bhutan nestled in the Himalayas scripted one of the worst chapters in India-China relations. What came to be known as the Doklam standoff in 2017 has been the beginning of a slew of bloody skirmishes between the two giant Asian countries.
Five years hence, the Himalayan nation, a protected state under India, is close to resolving boundary issues with China and is going to start a diplomatic relationship with Beijing. The developing bonhomie between Thimpu…