Aksai Chin - Wikipedia
Aksai Chin is a region administered by China partly in Hotan County, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang [2] and partly in Rutog County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet and constituting the easternmost portion of the larger Kashmir region that has been the subject …
Aksai Chin | History, Conflict, & Map | Britannica
Jan 4, 2025 · Aksai Chin, portion of the Kashmir region, at the northernmost extent of the Indian subcontinent in south-central Asia. It constitutes nearly all the territory of the Chinese-administered sector of Kashmir that is claimed by India to be part of Ladakh union territory.
Aksai Chin - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aksai Chin (the name literally means "Chin's desert of white stones") is a very large high-altitude hot desert of salt with sand dunes and yareta (a type of cushioned plants) that reaches heights up to 4,500 metres.
Why are China and India fighting over an inhospitable strip of …
Jun 17, 2020 · At least 20 Indian soldiers were killed in a bloody brawl with Chinese troops on Monday in the Galwan Valley, close to Aksai Chin, an area controlled by China but claimed by both countries.
阿克赛钦 - 维基百科，自由的百科全书
“阿克赛钦”一词由突厥语系音译而来，其名有不同解釋：其中「阿克赛」在維吾爾語为“白石滩” [8] [9] ，而「欽」意有不同解釋：一為通道 [8] ；也有部分中國學者認為代表「秦」（即中國）之意 [10] ，惟維吾爾語中沒有此用法。 印地语中以 अक्साई चिन 表示本地区，其實是同一名稱用 ...
How China captured Aksai Chin - India Today
Jun 22, 2020 · Aksai Chin is almost the size of Bhutan and little smaller than Switzerland. Most of it is in occupation of China, which captured the region during 1950s and consolidated its military grip over the area during the 1962 India-China war, rejecting all Indian attempts to settle border disputes peacefully.
Through historical maps: Why China's claims over Aksai Chin hold …
Sep 11, 2023 · Traversing via maps, Aksai Chin – a land once forgotten due to its ruggedness but cherished as India’s crown, found itself under the whammy of an assertive neighbour with no rightful stake.
The China-India Border Dispute: What to Know
Jun 18, 2020 · First, there is Aksai Chin, a territory that India has long claimed but China occupies. China began building a road through the area in 1956—linking Tibet to Xinjiang—and has occupied it since...
62 Years After the ’62 War, Where Do China and India Go From …
Dec 9, 2024 · The Aksai Chin region (also known in the Chinese media as the Karakoram plateau), is the westernmost sector along the Line of Actual Control, the 2,100-mile border between the two countries established after the 1962 war.
China creates 2 new counties in disputed mountainous area …
Jan 8, 2025 · The two new counties — Hekang and He’an — are in Aksai Chin, a rugged, high-altitude desert area that China took from India in 1962 during the Sino-Indian War. It is the easternmost part of ...