<b><span style='color:red'>INDIA NEEDS TO GIVE UP ITS LEGAL CLAIM TO AKSAI CHIN IN THE HOPE THAT CHINA WILL GIVE UP ITS ILLEGAL CLAIM ON ARUNACHAL PRADESH</span></b>
<b>Well Done Nehru-Gandhi Family. Indians are going to love the Kangress Kammunist Kriminal Klan for this âGiftâ. INDIA GIVES â CHINA TAKES.</b>
<b>NEW ROCKY ROAD MAPPED TO SINO-INDIAN PEACE</b>
NEW DELHI: China's official map showing Sikkim as part of India may not be an entirely new story.
But on Monday when the Chinese side handed over their official map with Sikkim clearly shown as part of India, it symbolised the new-found urgency in both India and China to settle the simmering border dispute at the earliest.
But it is not an easy task.
For the Republic of India and Peoples' Republic of China there is nothing more troublesome than their borders - hilly, snow-covered, inhibited, desolate and so full of mistrust and reminders of the bloody 1962 war.
Born out of the 'Great Game' between the British Empire and Russia centuries back, it is now left to the two Asian giants to draw permanent borders of friendship.
After several rounds of consultations and Premier Wen Jiabao's meetings with Indian leadership in New Delhi on Monday, the two sides said, they were ready to "seek a fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable solution, through equal and friendly consultations and proceeding from the overall interests of bilateral relations."
The two sides said they are "convinced that an early settlement of the boundary question will advance the basic interests of the two countries and should therefore be pursued as a strategic objective".
Officials say the present level of understanding gives a more dependable means to speed up the process of resolving the border dispute.
National Security Advisor MK Narayanan and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo, both special representatives of their respective governments for discussing border issue, on Sunday put in place guiding principles for resolving the issue.
Over the past few decades the two countries have been taking progressive steps to resolve the dispute: first putting in place agreements to maintain peace along the border, then having consultations at senior levels.
In 1980, China offered a dramatic resolution to the border dispute but India turned it down. From Karakoram pass to the India-Tibet-Myanmar tri-junction, it is a complex border that would require several rounds of careful negotiations.
By 1995, the Sino-Indian Joint Working Group identified eight pockets of dispute where the two sides had different perspectives of the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
But the dispute is much bigger, and confusing.
<b>Western Sector (Ladakh)</b>
The snow-covered Ladakh witnessed some of the fiercest fights between Indian forces and the Chinese military waves that descended on them in 1962.
The cease-fire left many areas of dispute in the Ladakh region. India accuses China of occupying 38,000 square kilometers of icy heights called Aksai Chin, and some 5180 square kilometers of Kashmir gifted by Pakistan to China in 1963.
The cold, barren stretches on paper became India's because the British maps of 1865, based on an alignment proposed by a surveyer WH Johnson was included as part of British empire and 'handed over' to India.
Both India and China have traditionally agreed to two points in the sector- Karakoram Pass and Demchok, which are the two ends of the sector. Dispute lies in between.
While India believes the border is along what Johnson drew, China traditionally has sighted MacCartney-Macdonald line, which show most of Aksai Chin outside Indian territory.
A solution in all possibility would require India to give up its claims over Aksai Chin and the area gifted by Pakistan, because that is the only way for India to get Chinese concessions in northeast.
<b>China cannot be expected to give up its claims over Aksai Chin which provides the strategic link between Tibet and Xinjiang provices.</b>
<b>Eastern Sector (Arunachal Pradesh)</b>
China on record claims 90,000 square kilometers of land in the area, which comprise almost the entire state of Arunachal Pradesh.
India created Arunachal Pradesh as a separate state in 1987, from Assam. China calls it the South Tibet, and refuses to recognise Arunachal Pradesh.
<b>It is a position that Indian officials expect China to relent if India were to recognize Aksai Chin and Pakistan gifted portion of Kashmir as part of China. China has already relented on Sikkim. </b>
If there is any area in the entire disputed borders that is troublesome it is Arunachal Pradesh. In 1986-87 the two sides clashed in the Sumdorong Chu valley of Arunachal Pradesh. But the situation has improved. Still there is a long way to go for the two sides.
Already the two sides are working towards taking the border contacts beyond mere military flag meetings between junior military leaders. The Nathula Pass in Sikkim, part of the famed Silk route, would be open to trade in the near future.
It would lead to booming trade contact between Tibet and Sikkim, and could in the long run allow Tibet access beyond just Sikkim and into sea. There are a few other traditional points of trade along the Sino-Indian border.
Officials say those also would open up. For now it appears that the two sides seek to synergize their strengths to take on the world rather than each other.
Middle Sector (Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal)
Least disputed of all sectors.
The two sides have exchanged their respective maps of the middle sector, which covers Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal.
<b>Officials say there are no big disputes to be settled. One official said the only area of dispute between the two sides is a place called Barahoti.</b>
After handing 38,000 Square Kilometres to China the Kangress Kammunist Kriminal Klan can hand over as much of Jammu and Kashmir to Pakistan.
<b>Well Done Nehru-Gandhi Family. Indians are going to love the Kangress Kammunist Kriminal Klan for this âGiftâ. INDIA GIVES â CHINA TAKES.</b>
<b>NEW ROCKY ROAD MAPPED TO SINO-INDIAN PEACE</b>
NEW DELHI: China's official map showing Sikkim as part of India may not be an entirely new story.
But on Monday when the Chinese side handed over their official map with Sikkim clearly shown as part of India, it symbolised the new-found urgency in both India and China to settle the simmering border dispute at the earliest.
But it is not an easy task.
For the Republic of India and Peoples' Republic of China there is nothing more troublesome than their borders - hilly, snow-covered, inhibited, desolate and so full of mistrust and reminders of the bloody 1962 war.
Born out of the 'Great Game' between the British Empire and Russia centuries back, it is now left to the two Asian giants to draw permanent borders of friendship.
After several rounds of consultations and Premier Wen Jiabao's meetings with Indian leadership in New Delhi on Monday, the two sides said, they were ready to "seek a fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable solution, through equal and friendly consultations and proceeding from the overall interests of bilateral relations."
The two sides said they are "convinced that an early settlement of the boundary question will advance the basic interests of the two countries and should therefore be pursued as a strategic objective".
Officials say the present level of understanding gives a more dependable means to speed up the process of resolving the border dispute.
National Security Advisor MK Narayanan and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo, both special representatives of their respective governments for discussing border issue, on Sunday put in place guiding principles for resolving the issue.
Over the past few decades the two countries have been taking progressive steps to resolve the dispute: first putting in place agreements to maintain peace along the border, then having consultations at senior levels.
In 1980, China offered a dramatic resolution to the border dispute but India turned it down. From Karakoram pass to the India-Tibet-Myanmar tri-junction, it is a complex border that would require several rounds of careful negotiations.
By 1995, the Sino-Indian Joint Working Group identified eight pockets of dispute where the two sides had different perspectives of the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
But the dispute is much bigger, and confusing.
<b>Western Sector (Ladakh)</b>
The snow-covered Ladakh witnessed some of the fiercest fights between Indian forces and the Chinese military waves that descended on them in 1962.
The cease-fire left many areas of dispute in the Ladakh region. India accuses China of occupying 38,000 square kilometers of icy heights called Aksai Chin, and some 5180 square kilometers of Kashmir gifted by Pakistan to China in 1963.
The cold, barren stretches on paper became India's because the British maps of 1865, based on an alignment proposed by a surveyer WH Johnson was included as part of British empire and 'handed over' to India.
Both India and China have traditionally agreed to two points in the sector- Karakoram Pass and Demchok, which are the two ends of the sector. Dispute lies in between.
While India believes the border is along what Johnson drew, China traditionally has sighted MacCartney-Macdonald line, which show most of Aksai Chin outside Indian territory.
A solution in all possibility would require India to give up its claims over Aksai Chin and the area gifted by Pakistan, because that is the only way for India to get Chinese concessions in northeast.
<b>China cannot be expected to give up its claims over Aksai Chin which provides the strategic link between Tibet and Xinjiang provices.</b>
<b>Eastern Sector (Arunachal Pradesh)</b>
China on record claims 90,000 square kilometers of land in the area, which comprise almost the entire state of Arunachal Pradesh.
India created Arunachal Pradesh as a separate state in 1987, from Assam. China calls it the South Tibet, and refuses to recognise Arunachal Pradesh.
<b>It is a position that Indian officials expect China to relent if India were to recognize Aksai Chin and Pakistan gifted portion of Kashmir as part of China. China has already relented on Sikkim. </b>
If there is any area in the entire disputed borders that is troublesome it is Arunachal Pradesh. In 1986-87 the two sides clashed in the Sumdorong Chu valley of Arunachal Pradesh. But the situation has improved. Still there is a long way to go for the two sides.
Already the two sides are working towards taking the border contacts beyond mere military flag meetings between junior military leaders. The Nathula Pass in Sikkim, part of the famed Silk route, would be open to trade in the near future.
It would lead to booming trade contact between Tibet and Sikkim, and could in the long run allow Tibet access beyond just Sikkim and into sea. There are a few other traditional points of trade along the Sino-Indian border.
Officials say those also would open up. For now it appears that the two sides seek to synergize their strengths to take on the world rather than each other.
Middle Sector (Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal)
Least disputed of all sectors.
The two sides have exchanged their respective maps of the middle sector, which covers Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal.
<b>Officials say there are no big disputes to be settled. One official said the only area of dispute between the two sides is a place called Barahoti.</b>
After handing 38,000 Square Kilometres to China the Kangress Kammunist Kriminal Klan can hand over as much of Jammu and Kashmir to Pakistan.