As the Himalayan snows melted, fighting started again in India's shadow war with Red China for control of the vast border region (TIME. April 6). Prime Minister Nehru last week accused the Chinese of new incursions across India's mountain frontier—and he was talking tougher to Peking than ever before.
While India would "dislike exceedingly" going to war with China. Nehru said that he was "prepared to meet any step that the Chinese may take." China was taking a new aggressive tone, said Nehru, because "it is clear that the Chinese are rather apprehensive about our growing strength." He rejected the...
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