At least 20 Indian soldiers, including a senior officer, have been killed in a confrontation with Chinese troops along a disputed border high in the Himalayas, the Indian army said on Tuesday.
Thousands of troops on both sides have been facing off in the area for more than a month.
Beijing blamed India for the clash on Monday and the editor of the government-affiliated Global Times said the Chinese military had also suffered casualties.
China's military demanded that India immediately stop all infringements and provocative action against its troops, and return to talks to resolve their disagreements.
The remarks by Zhang Shuli, spokesman for the Chinese Western Theatre Command, were published by Chinese state media and the military's official newspaper.
The Indian army said a “violent face-off” took place in Galwan valley in the Ladakh region on Monday night.
“The loss of lives on the Indian side includes an officer and two soldiers,” it said.
“Senior military officials of the two sides are currently meeting at the venue to defuse the situation.”
The Chinese Foreign Ministry called on India not to take any action or stir up trouble.
"What's shocking is that on June 15, the Indian side severely violated our consensus and twice crossed the border line and provoked and attacked the Chinese forces, causing a violent physical confrontation between the two border forces," ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told Reuters in Beijing.
"China is raising strong opposition and stern representations to the Indian side on this."
India and China fought a brief border war in 1962 and have not been unable to settle their border dispute despite talks spread over two decades.
The incident is the first confrontation between the two Asian powers in which soldiers have died since 1975.
Soldiers from the two countries, backed by armoured vehicles and artillery, have been facing off just a few hundred metres apart for more than a month in the Ladakh region near Tibet.
Army officers and diplomats have held meetings to try to end the impasse, with no breakthrough.
Indian officials say Chinese soldiers crossed the boundary in Ladakh in early May at three different points, setting up tents and guard posts and ignoring verbal warnings to leave.
The Asian giants have rival claims to vast areas of territory along their mountainous 3,500-kilometre border, but the disputes have remained largely peaceful since the 1962 war.
Indian military officials said previously Chinese soldiers had entered into India's side of the de facto border at several locations in early May.
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Milestones on the road to union
1970
October 26: Bahrain withdraws from a proposal to create a federation of nine with the seven Trucial States and Qatar.
December: Ahmed Al Suwaidi visits New York to discuss potential UN membership.
1971
March 1: Alex Douglas Hume, Conservative foreign secretary confirms that Britain will leave the Gulf and “strongly supports” the creation of a Union of Arab Emirates.
July 12: Historic meeting at which Sheikh Zayed and Sheikh Rashid make a binding agreement to create what will become the UAE.
July 18: It is announced that the UAE will be formed from six emirates, with a proposed constitution signed. RAK is not yet part of the agreement.
August 6: The fifth anniversary of Sheikh Zayed becoming Ruler of Abu Dhabi, with official celebrations deferred until later in the year.
August 15: Bahrain becomes independent.
September 3: Qatar becomes independent.
November 23-25: Meeting with Sheikh Zayed and Sheikh Rashid and senior British officials to fix December 2 as date of creation of the UAE.
November 29: At 5.30pm Iranian forces seize the Greater and Lesser Tunbs by force.
November 30: Despite a power sharing agreement, Tehran takes full control of Abu Musa.
November 31: UK officials visit all six participating Emirates to formally end the Trucial States treaties
December 2: 11am, Dubai. New Supreme Council formally elects Sheikh Zayed as President. Treaty of Friendship signed with the UK. 11.30am. Flag raising ceremony at Union House and Al Manhal Palace in Abu Dhabi witnessed by Sheikh Khalifa, then Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi.
December 6: Arab League formally admits the UAE. The first British Ambassador presents his credentials to Sheikh Zayed.
December 9: UAE joins the United Nations.
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