India and China dig in for the long haul amid troop build-up

• Government warns continuation of conflict will damage ties, acknowledges massing of Chinese troops along LAC is in violation of a 1993 agreement
• Rising tension between the two neighbours is seen as the worst in decades with a major breakdown in trust
•  India on Thursday made the normalization of ties with China conditional on the restoration of the status quo along the line of actual control, or LAC, and disengagement of troops, signalling a hardening of position amid a massive buildup of Chinese troops, tanks and artillery near the un-demarcated border.