evidence: Tawang: The town living in the shadow of India-China war [...] Soon, China seized Mr Chewang's hometown Tawang, a few miles away from the disputed border between the two countries. China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops remained there for around a month before withdrawing. [...] Perched some 3,000m (10,000 feet) above sea level in the westernmost part of Arunachal Pradesh, Tawang shares a boundary with China in the north and Bhutan to the south-west.