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At 75, India’s Kashmir challenge shifts foreign policy focus

FILE- Chinese troops hold a banner which reads: "You've crossed the border, please go back," in Ladakh, India, May 5, 2013. Since a deadly border clash between Indian and Chinese soldiers in the Ladakh region in the mid-2020, policy makers in New Delhi have been increasingly turning their focus to Beijing, in a significant shift in India's foreign policy as the nation celebrates 75 years of independence. (AP Photo, File) FILE - A truck carrying the coffin of Indian army officer Colonel B. Santosh Babu, killed in a deadly border clash between Indian and Chinese soldiers in the Ladakh region, arrives in Suryapet, India, June 18, 2020. The military standoff between India and China over their disputed border in Ladakh represented a grave escalation in tensions between the two Asian giants. Despite 17 rounds of diplomatic and military talks, the tense standoff continues. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A, File) FILE- Indian traders reacting to the killing of Indian soldiers in a deadly border clash between Indian and Chinese soldiers in the Ladakh region, burn Chinese products and a poster of president Xi Jinping during a protest in New Delhi, India, June 22, 2020. The military standoff between India and China over their disputed border in Ladakh represented a grave escalation in tensions between the two Asian giants. Despite 17 rounds of diplomatic and military talks, the tense standoff continues. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File) FILE - An Indian army convoy moves on the Srinagar- Ladakh highway at Gagangeer, northeast of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Sept. 1, 2020. Since a deadly border clash between Indian and Chinese soldiers in the Ladakh region in the mid-2020, policy makers in New Delhi have been increasingly turning their focus to Beijing, in a significant shift in India's foreign policy as the nation celebrates 75 years of independence. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan, File) FILE- Leaders of Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) from left, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, pose for photo at the entrance hall of the Prime Minister's Office of Japan in Tokyo, Japan, May 24, 2022. China's rise as a global power has pushed India closer to the U.S. and to the Quad, a new Indo-Pacific strategic alliance among the U.S., India, Australia and Japan that accuses Beijing of economic coercion and military maneuvering in the region upsetting the status quo. (Zhang Xiaoyu/Pool Photo via AP, File) FILE- Two days after a deadly border clash between Indian and Chinese soldiers in the Ladakh region, an exile Tibetan activist tramples on a Chinese flag during a symbolic protest against China in Dharmsala, India, June 18, 2020. The military standoff between India and China over their disputed border in Ladakh represented a grave escalation in tensions between the two Asian giants. Despite 17 rounds of diplomatic and military talks, the tense standoff continues. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia, File) FILE - An election worker walks with a voting machine on his way to a nearby polling station on the eve of the eighth phase of voting for the Indian parliamentary elections in Leh, near the India-China border in Ladakh, India, May 6, 2014. Since a deadly border clash between Indian and Chinese soldiers in the Ladakh region in the mid-2020, policy makers in New Delhi have been increasingly turning their focus to Beijing, in a significant shift in India's foreign policy as the nation celebrates 75 years of independence. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File) FILE- An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard during curfew in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sept. 15, 2010. For decades, India has tried to thwart Pakistan in a protracted dispute over Kashmir. But in the last two years, policy makers in New Delhi have been increasingly turning their focus to Beijing, in a significant shift in India's foreign policy as the nation celebrates 75 years of independence. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File) FILE - Indian artillery guns are engulfed in smoke in Dras, some 155 kilometers (96 miles) north of Srinagar, India, as Indian troops fight Pakistani intruders in the disputed Kashmir, July 10, 1999. For decades, India has tried to thwart Pakistan in a protracted dispute over Kashmir. But in the last two years, policy makers in New Delhi have been increasingly turning their focus to Beijing, in a significant shift in India's foreign policy as the nation celebrates 75 years of independence. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File) FILE- Newly graduated soldiers of the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry take oath during their commencement parade at a military base on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, March 9, 2019. For decades, India has tried to thwart Pakistan in a protracted dispute over Kashmir. But in the last two years, policy makers in New Delhi have been increasingly turning their focus to Beijing, in a significant shift in India's foreign policy as the nation celebrates 75 years of independence. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File) FILE - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping listen to a speech during the BRICS Leaders Meeting with the BRICS Business Council in Goa, India, Oct. 16, 2016. Since a deadly border clash between Indian and Chinese soldiers in the Ladakh region in the mid-2020, policy makers in New Delhi have been increasingly turning their focus to Beijing, in a significant shift in India's foreign policy as the nation celebrates 75 years of independence. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File) FILE- Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers patrol near the India-Pakistan border fencing at Suchet Garh in Ranbir Singh Pura, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Jan. 23, 2020. For decades, India has tried to thwart Pakistan in a protracted dispute over Kashmir. But in the last two years, policy makers in New Delhi have been increasingly turning their focus to Beijing, in a significant shift in India's foreign policy as the nation celebrates 75 years of independence. (AP Photo/Channi Anand, File)