Till now, India regards it as the legal national border; however, it is considered disputed by China. The map here shows the subcontinent of India and the Republic of China. The capitals of both the countries, New Delhi of India and Beijing of China, are marked in the map.The major ...
The disputed 3,500-kilometer (2,175-mile) border separates Chinese and Indian-held territories from Ladakh in the west to India’s eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, which China claims in its entirety. The current standoff is over portions of a pristine landscape that boasts the world’s...
Essays in Frontier History: India, China and the Disputed Border – By Parshotam Mehradoi:10.1111/j.1540-6563.2008.00233_35.xSumit GangulyBlackwell Publishing Inc
Karakoram and Pir Panjal Range:It lies in Jammu and Kashmir and comes under the disputed area between India and Pakistan. It comprises of more than 60 peaks. K2, the second highest peak of the world, is also a part of this range. Besides, the Hindu Kush (runs in Afganistan), Siachen...
China is firmly opposed to any visit by the Dalai Lama to the disputed border region between China and India, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Friday.
Map references: Asia Area: total:3,287,590 sq km land:2,973,190 sq km water:314,400 sq km Area - comparative: slightly more than one-third the size of the US Land boundaries: total:14,103 km border countries:Bangladesh 4,053 km, Bhutan 605 km, Burma 1,463 km, China 3,380 km...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte decided not to suspend the long-standing Visiting Forces Agreement with the U.S.—a move widely seen as a shift in strategy because of Beijing’s aggression in the disputed South China Sea. Beijing’s artificial island-building in the South China Sea, militar...
an apparent tension clearly permeates the corridors of power inNew Delhiso far as Bhutan is concerned. The twenty-first round of negotiations between Bhutan and China held in October last year in regard to disputed border areas has decided to conduct joint technical surveys in the northern sector...
NEW DELHI--India and China have agreed to a pact on military patrols along their disputed border in the Himalayas after a standoff that began with a deadly clash in 2020, India’s foreign ministry said Monday.
Indian and Chinese soldiers brawled again last week in the Naku La area of northeastern Sikkim state. Last year, 20 Indian troops died in a clash with Chinese soldiers using clubs, stones and fists in another portion of the disputed border. China is believed to also have had casualties, bu...