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The future of Ladakh amidst military unrest between India and China and the communities struggling to preserve their livelihoods.

Ladakh is a region at the centre of the 50-year-long border dispute between India and China, which flared up again in June 2020. Journalist and broadcaster Ed Douglas speaks to local village leaders whose communities are struggling to preserve their lives and livelihoods amidst perpetual military unrest. He also speaks to former politicians and political experts about the consequences of what happens here for the wider geopolitical stability of Asia’s two biggest countries, and those caught in between.

(Photo: Himalaya monks. Credit: Dinesh Deokota)

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