Chinese officials say they are ready to engage in a “small-scale military operation” to remove Indian soldiers they say are on Chinese soil.

Bhutan is a country almost no one talks about, and few even know about. Nestled on the southern slopes of the eastern Himalayan Mountains between Tibet and India, the Bhuddist constitutional monarchy has lived in relative peace with its neighbors for nearly 300 years—but, there’s been a lingering border dispute with the People’s Republic of China ever since the rise of Chinese Communism 70 years ago.

That border dispute could become a much bigger problem.

Earlier this year, Chinese construction crews began building a roadway in the disputed region, on land Bhutan has long laid claim to, prompting the small nation to turn to its larger, nuclear-armed neighbor for help. India dispatched troops to the region, which prompted China to send its own troops to the area. The two nations, despite their border issues in the practically inaccessible Himalayas, have remained at peace since a brief border war 55 years ago, but the situation has been escalating in Bhutan for weeks now.

The Chinese state-run Global Times newspaper published over the weekend a new report that documented an “Indian incursion” into Tibet, which the Chinese government considers its territory. The article shows a picture that has been crudely Photoshopped to show the supposed border along the top of a hill line and approximately a dozen men in military uniforms and a bulldozer on the “Chinese side” of the border.

The report states:

China will not allow the military standoff between China and India in Doklam to last for too long, and there may be a small-scale military operation to expel Indian troops within two weeks, Chinese experts said after six ministries and institutions made remarks on the incident within the past 24 hours.

From Thursday to Friday, two ministries and four institutions, including the Chinese foreign ministry, the defense ministry, the Chinese Embassy in India and the People’s Daily, released statements or commentary on the military standoff between China and India in  Doklam, Tibet Autonomous Region. The standoff has lasted for almost two months now, and there is still no end in sight.

China urged India to immediately pull back the trespassing troops to the Indian side of the boundary and called on them to swiftly address the situation in a proper manner to restore peace and tranquility in the border region, Ren Guoqiang, a spokesperson for the defense ministry said in a statement posted on its website late Thursday night.

“The series of remarks from the Chinese side within a 24-hour period sends a signal to India that there is no way China will tolerate the Indian troops’ incursion into Chinese territory for too long. If India refuses to withdraw, China may conduct a small-scale military operation within two weeks,” said Hu Zhiyong, a research fellow at the Institute of International Relations of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences.

Last week, the Xinhua News Agency—another propaganda arm of the Chinese government—published the “Facts and China’s Position Concerning the Indian Border Troops’ Crossing of the China-India Boundary in the Sikkim Sector into the Chinese Territory,” a document it says is meant to refute the Indian government’s claims in the territory.

India’s Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj, who is the equivalent to U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, took a defiant tone in a recent speech given to her nation’s parliament.

“Just because we want to have friendly relations with our neighbors, they shouldn’t cross the line,” she said. “India always wanted smooth relations on relations with China. But the alignment of boundaries involving India, China and Bhutan has to always be finalized in consultation with all three countries. China’s actions in the tri-junction is therefore a matter of concern since we haven’t had any dialogue in this regard.”

China and India faced a similar situation in 2014, which was resolved when both sides agreed to withdraw their troops.

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