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Coordinates: 35°7′N, 79°8′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

China - India western border showing Aksai Chin
China - India western border showing Aksai Chin

Aksai Chin (Simplified Chinese: 阿克赛钦; Traditional Chinese: 阿克賽欽; pinyin: Ākèsàiqīn, Hindi: अकसाई चिन) is a region located at the juncture of China, Pakistan, and India. It represents about 20 percent of Kashmir.[1] It is administered by China and claimed by India. Aksai Chin is one of the two main border disputes between India and China, the other being the dispute over Arunachal Pradesh. Aksai Chin, whose residents speak the Uyghur language (the name literally means "Chin's desert of white stones") is a vast high altitude desert of salt that reaches heights up to 5,000 m. Geographically part of the Tibetan Plateau, Aksai Chin is referred to as the Soda Plain. The region is almost uninhabited and receives little precipitation as the Himalayan and other mountains block the rains from the Indian monsoon. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1038x1262, 312 KB) Summary China India western border depicting disputed areas in this sector including Aksai Chin. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1038x1262, 312 KB) Summary China India western border depicting disputed areas in this sector including Aksai Chin. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Traditional Chinese characters refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... Pinyin, more formally called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... Hindi ( , Devanagari: or , IAST: , IPA: ), an Indo-European language spoken all over India in varying degrees and extensively in northern and central India, is one of the two central official languages of India, the other being English. ... Kashmir (or Cashmere) may refer to: Kashmir region, the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent India, Kashmir conflict, the territorial dispute between India, Pakistan, and the China over the Kashmir region. ... , Arunachal Pradesh   (Hindi: Aruṇācal PradeÅ›) is the eastern most state on Indias north-east frontier. ... Uyghur (‎/Uyghurche//, or ‎/Uyghur tili//)[1] is a Turkic language spoken by the Uyghur people in Xinjiang (also called East Turkestan or Uyghurstan), formerly also “Sinkiang” and “Chinese Turkestan,” a Central Asian region administered by China. ... This article is about arid terrain. ... For other uses, see Salt (disambiguation). ... Tibet Autonomous Region, Qinghai Province and Sichuan Province of China lie on the Tibetan Plateau. ... Himalayan can refer to: Himalaya, the mountains: Himalayan (cat), the type of cat Himalayan, the breed of rabbit This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Bold text[[ // [[Image:Media:Example. ...

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Aksai Chin was historically part of the Tibetan Himalayan Kingdom of Ladakh until Ladakh was annexed from the rule of the Namgyal dynasty by the Dogras and the princely state of Kashmir in the 19th century. It was subsequently absorbed into British India by the 1904 treaty between Tibet and British India which led to the McMahon Line demarcation agreed to by Tibet and India in the early decades of 20th century. China, which at that time did not recognize Tibet's Sovereignty but rather considered Xizang (Tibet) to be part of China, did not accept the agreement reached between Tibet and British India. Accordingly China refused to recognize the entire Macmahon line (or, for that matter, any treaty signed by Tibet). One of the main causes of the Sino-Indian War of 1962 was India's discovery of a road China had built through the region, which India considers its territory. The road China National Highway 219 connecting Tibet and Xinjiang, passes through no sizeable town in Aksai Chin, there are only some military posts and truck stop places as (the very small) Tianshuihai (4850m) or Dahongliutian (4200m, see external Link below). The area is strategically important to China because of this road. The Tibetan people are a people indigenous to Tibet and surrounding areas stretching from Central Asia in the West to Myanmar and China in the East. ... Himalayan can refer to: Himalaya, the mountains: Himalayan (cat), the type of cat Himalayan, the breed of rabbit This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... , Ladakh (Tibetan script: ལ་དྭགས་; Wylie: la-dwags, Ladakhi IPA: , Hindi: लद्दाख़, Hindi IPA: , Urdu: لدّاخ; land of high passes) is a region in the state of Jammu and Kashmir in Northern India sandwiched between the Kuen Lun mountain range in the north and the main Great Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people... The Namgyal dynasty of Ladakh was founded by Bhagan, a Basgo king, who reunited Ladakh by overthrowing the king of Leh. ... The Dogras are a Northern Indo-Aryan ethnic group in South Asia. ... A princely state is any state under the reign of a prince and is thus a principality taken in the broad sense. ... Kashmir (or Cashmere) may refer to: Kashmir region, the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent India, Kashmir conflict, the territorial dispute between India, Pakistan, and the China over the Kashmir region. ... The McMahon Line crosses a high-altitude wasteland which was briefly the focus of world attention in 1962 as Indian and Chinese forces struggled for control. ... This article is about historical/cultural Tibet. ... This article is about historical/cultural Tibet. ... “Sovereign” redirects here. ... The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) (Tibetan: བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས་; Wylie: Bod-rang-skyong-ljongs; Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is a province-level autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... This article is about historical/cultural Tibet. ... This article is about historical/cultural Tibet. ... Anthem God Save The Queen/King British India, circa 1860 Capital Calcutta (1858-1912), New Delhi (1912-1947) Language(s) Hindi, Urdu, English and many others Government Monarchy Emperor of India  - 1877-1901 Victoria  - 1901-1910 Edward VII  - 1910-1936 George V  - January-December 1936 Edward VIII  - 1936-1947 George... Combatants China India Commanders Zhang Guohua[4] Brij Mohan Kaul Strength 80,000[5][6] Casualties Killed 1,460 (Chinese sources)[7] None captured[8][9][10][11] Wounded 1,697[7] Killed 3,128 (Indian sources)[12] Captured 3,968[2] Wounded 548[13] The Sino-Indian War (Simplified... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... china national highway 219 ... This article is about historical/cultural Tibet. ... For the county in Shanxi province, see Xinjiang County. ...


Aksai Chin is currently under the administration of the People's Republic of China. Most of it is in Hotan County, in the primarily Muslim Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, to which it was transferred by China from Tibet. What little data exists suggests that the few true locals in Aksai Chin have Buddhist beliefs, although some Muslim Uyghurs may also live in the area because of the trade between Tibet and Xinjiang. India also claims the area as a part of the Ladakh district of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Both sides in the dispute have agreed to respect the Line of Actual Control and this dispute is considered very unlikely to result in actual hostilities. Mosque in Hotan Hotan (Uyghur: خوتەن/; Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: , formerly: Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ; also spelled Khotan)[1] is an oasis town in Khotan Prefecture and its capital as well, population 114,000 (2006). ... This article is about historical/cultural Tibet. ... This article is about historical/cultural Tibet. ... For the county in Shanxi province, see Xinjiang County. ... , Ladakh (Tibetan script: ལ་དྭགས་; Wylie: la-dwags, Ladakhi IPA: , Hindi: लद्दाख़, Hindi IPA: , Urdu: لدّاخ; land of high passes) is a region in the state of Jammu and Kashmir in Northern India sandwiched between the Kuen Lun mountain range in the north and the main Great Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people... This article is about the area controlled by India. ... Line of Actual Control is the current border dividing Indian and Chinese occupied zones in the contested territories after the 1962 Sino-Indian War. ...


Pakistan has a claim on Kashmir. However, border agreements between Pakistan and the China in 1963 which transferred the Trans-Karakoram Tract and 1987 say that Pakistan recognizes China's claims on the areas. No Pakistani Government has ever officially claimed this region. The Pakistani Government has given tacit approval of China by considering Aksai Chin as a part of China. Kashmir (or Cashmere) may refer to: Kashmir region, the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent India, Kashmir conflict, the territorial dispute between India, Pakistan, and the China over the Kashmir region. ... Political division of Kashmir The Trans-Karakoram Tract is an area of nearly 5,800 sq. ...


Google Earth Speculation

In June 2006, satellite imagery on the Google Earth service revealed[2] a 500:1 scale terrain model [1] of eastern Aksai Chin and adjacent Tibet, built near the town of Huangyangtan, about 35 kilometres South West of Yinchuan, the capital of the autonomous region of Ningxia in China. A visual side-by-side comparison shows a very detailed duplication of Aksai Chin in the camp.[3] The 900m x 700m model was surrounded by substantial facility, with rows of red-roofed buildings, scores of olive-colored trucks and a large compound with elevated lookout posts and a large communications tower. Since terrain models are known to be used in military training and simulation (although usually on a much smaller scale), posters in the Google Earth online community advanced theories regarding the purpose of the model, including usage as Satellite imagery consists of photographs of Earth or other planets made from artificial satellites. ... Google Earth is a virtual globe program that was originally called Earth Viewer and was created by Keyhole, Inc. ... This article is about historical/cultural Tibet. ... Yinchuan (Simplified Chinese: 银川; Traditional Chinese: 銀川; pinyin: ) is the capital of Ningxia Autonomous Region, China. ... Ningxia (Simplified Chinese: 宁夏; Traditional Chinese: 寧夏; Pinyin: Níngxià; Wade-Giles: Ning-hsia; Postal Pinyin: Ningsia), full name Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (Simplified Chinese: 宁夏回族自治区; Traditional Chinese: 寧夏回族自治區; Pinyin: Níngxià Huízú Zìzhìqū), is a Hui autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China, located on the northwest Loess... This article is about the general term. ...

  • a model for walk-through terrain visualization exercise in pilot training
  • a model to study dispersal patterns of chemical or biological weapons
  • a tank training facility (though some claim this unlikely, as the actual land that the model represents is on a plateau 5000 metres above sea level, where tank warfare would be improbable)

Local authorities in Ningxia, however, maintain that the model is part of a tank training ground, built in 1998 or 1999.[4] The £124 million Taranis UAV built by BAE Systems An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is an aircraft with no onboard pilot. ... Mathematically the term trajectory refers to the ordered set of states which are assumed by a dynamical system over time (see e. ... A watershed is a region of land where water flows into a specified body of water, such as a river, lake, sea, or ocean. ... Climatology is the study of climate, scientifically defined as weather conditions averaged over a period of time,[1] and is a branch of the atmospheric sciences. ...


See also

  • [[[Kashmi]]
  • Indo-China War Kashmir
  • Trans-Karakoram Tract an area of Kashmir administered by China
  • Kashmir conflict
  • Indian Kashmir barrier
  • Kashmiriyat - a socio-cultural ethos of religious harmony and Kashmiri consciousness.
  • List of topics on the land and the people of “Jammu and Kashmir”
  • Hindutash

The Indochina Wars refers to wars for independence that erupted in the wake of World War II, fought in Southeast Asia from 1947 until 1979, between nationalist Vietnamese against French, American, and Chinese forces. ... Political division of Kashmir The Trans-Karakoram Tract is an area of nearly 5,800 sq. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Indian Kashmir barrier is a 550 km (330 mile) separation barrier along the 740 km disputed 1972 Line of Control (or ceasefire line) between Indian and Pakistani controlled Kashmir: Jammu and Kashmir, India and Azad Kashmir, Pakistan; the rest of the Line of Control is too inaccessible for construction... Kashmiriyat (Kashmiri-ness) is the ethno-national and social consciousness and cultural values of the Kashmiri people. ... This is the List of topics on the land and the people of “Jammu and Kashmir”: Kashmir region Kashmir (disambiguation) Kashmir (song) - Signature song from album Physical Graffiti by band Led Zeppelin Kashmiri literature Kashmiri music History of Jammu and Kashmir - History post partition is covered on this page. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

References

  1. ^ Aksai Chin: China's disputed slice of Kashmir. CNN.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-23.
  2. ^ Google Earth Community posting, 29 June 2006
  3. ^ Google Earth Community posting, 10 April 2007
  4. ^ Chinese X-file not so mysterious after all, 23 July 2006

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  Results from FactBites:
 
Aksai Chin: Information from Answers.com (766 words)
Aksai Chin (which literally means 'desert of white stones') is a vast high altitude desert of salt at heights in the region of 5,000m.
Aksai Chin was historically part of the Himalayan Kingdom of Ladakh until Ladakh was annexed by Kashmir in the 19th century.
Aksai Chin is currently under the administration of the People's Republic of China, with the vast majority of it as a part of Hotan County, in the primarily Muslim Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
Aksai Chin models threat for India : india, china, aksai chin, military, lac, Yunnan, assam, arunachal pradesh : ... (485 words)
New Delhi: It is well known that Aksai Chin, the icy cold desert in Ladakh, was occupied by China nearly 60 years ago.
China's occupation of Aksai Chin in Ladakh is more than 40 years old, which is why Google Earth's satellite images of an Aksai Chin scale model in another part of China raises many questions.
The Aksai Chin model is located more than 2000 km east in Ningxia province and experts say it probably forms part of the Lanzhou Military Region which has been entrusted with the task of defending Aksai Chin.
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