Big News India-China Border Dispute PDF

India-China Border Dispute Why in news? Military vs Paramilitary China Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh and a Union Territories of Ladakh share a border with China. Three sectors : Western sector, Middle sector, and Eastern sector. Sectors Western Xinjian...

India-China Border Dispute Why in news? Military vs Paramilitary China Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh and a Union Territories of Ladakh share a border with China. Three sectors : Western sector, Middle sector, and Eastern sector. Sectors Western Xinjiang Province of China. Dispute over Aksai Chin. ØThe Johnson’s line 1865 shows Aksai Chin in erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir (now Ladakh) i.e. under India’s control Ø McDonald Line 1893 places it under China’s control. At present, Line of Actual Control (LAC) The Lines Western Sector Pengong Tso Pengong Tso China Middle Sector Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand Both sides do not have much disagreement over the border in this area. Eastern Talu Pass (Dhipu Pass)at the trijunction of Tibet, India and Myanmar. McMahon Line. China considers the McMahon Line illegal and unacceptable claiming that Tibetan representatives who had signed the 1914 Convention held in Shimla which delineated the McMahon line on the map were not having rights to do so. Tawang Monestry Recent News China has renamed some places in Arunachal Pradesh, which India rejected stating that assigning “invented” names does not alter the reality that the state “is, has been, and will always be” an integral part of India. The Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs released the fourth list of standardised geographical names in Zangnan, the Chinese name for Arunachal Pradesh, which Beijing claims as part of south Tibet. Recent Faceoffs Since 2013, there have been heightened frequency of serious military confrontations between India and China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The most serious recent episodes of conflict were the 2017 standoff in Doklam region, in Galwan Valley in Ladakh 2020 and in Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh in 2022.