The 35th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation & Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC) reviewed the situation in the India-China border areas.
About India-China Border Dispute
- Origin: Different perceptions of the Line of Actual Control as India shares second longest land boundary with China (3488 km) only after Bangladesh (4096.7 km).
- In 1865, when WH Johnson, a civil servant with the Survey of India, proposed the 'Johnson Line', which placed Aksai Chin within Jammu and Kashmir which Chinese dynasty refused.
- In Simla meeting, 1914, between British India,Tibet and, China; proposed line from Bhutan to Burma (now Myanmar) (McMahon Line) but opposed by China.
- Conflict: 1962 India–China War when China attacked India.
- Disputed Areas: (Along three sectors)
- Western Sector (Ladakh–Aksai Chin): China controls Aksai Chin, which India claims as part of Ladakh.
- Middle Sector: Kauirik Lahaul and Spiti Valley (Himachal Pradesh), Bara Hoti and Nelang Valley (Uttarakhand).
- Eastern Sector (Mainly Arunachal Pradesh): China claims Arunachal Pradesh, especially the Tawang region, as "South Tibet" (Zàng Nán).
- Sikkim Sector: Nathu La pass, the Naku La sector, Cho La, Mount Gipmochi, Batang La, and the Doklam Plateau (Situated at the crucial tri-junction of India, China, and Bhutan) and adjoining Jampheri Ridge.
Principles India Should Follow for Dispute Settlement
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