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1.3.1. Western Sector

 

♤ Aksai Chin is the biggest disputed territory is 38,000 sq km in size. It is under the occupation of China but claimed by India as part of the Ladakh district of Jammu and Kashmir♤ In the Ladakh sector, the question of where exactly Chinese forces stood after the war remains contested.♤ In the Arunachal sector, China treats the McMahon Line as the LAC. But it challenges India’s claim that it should follow the watershed. China lays its calim on Arunachal as “South Tibet” and is specifically keen on the Tawang area.

  

 

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