In the high-altitude Himalayas, India works to secure remote border with China as leaders meet


A soldier guards military installation in Tawang. This Indian town with its historic monastery is in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, which has long been disputed territory and that China claims as "South Tibet." (Annie Gowen/The Washington Post)
By Annie Gowen-May 13
TAWANG, India — Prime Minister Narendra Modi had come to his country’s most remote state, an unspoiled place of indigenous tribes and rain forests, to open its first railway station and boast of new development.