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Aksai Chin

Proper noun

Meaning

A cold desert plain in Central Asia divided between China and India

One of the two parts of the Kashmir region administered by the People's Republic of China. The rest of Kashmir is split between Pakistan and India.

A lake in Hotan County, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang, China, part of the disputed Aksai Chin.

Aksai-chin

Alternative form of Aksai Chin

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Aksai-chin

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Aksai Chin, claimed by India to belong to Kashmir and by China to be part of Xinjiang, contains an important road link that connects the Chinese regions of Tibet and Xinjiang. Source: Internet

Aksai Chin The western portion of the disputed boundary. Source: Internet

China administers 10% ( Aksai Chin and Trans-Karakoram Tract ) of the state since 1962. Source: Internet

India says China occupies 38,000 square kilometres of its territory in the Aksai Chin Plateau in the western Himalayas, including part of the Ladakh region. Source: Internet

In August 1959, the People's Liberation Army took an Indian prisoner at Longju, which had an ambiguous position in the McMahon Line, and two months later in Aksai Chin, a clash led to the death of nine Indian frontier policemen. Source: Internet

In the western theatre, the PLA sought to expel Indian forces from the Chip Chap valley in Aksai Chin while in the eastern theatre, the PLA sought to capture both banks of the Namka Chu river. Source: Internet

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