CPEC, Tibet-Xinjiang Road
Aksai Chin was captured by China in 1962. According to Lt Gen. H.S. Panag (Retd), from the strategic point of view, China had secured all Indian territories it needed to before 1962, that is primarily Aksai Chin, required for the Tibet-Xinjiang NH 219.
Following the 1962 war, it vacated all additional captured territory, barring some tactically important areas in Ladakh, denying access to Aksai Chin and NH 219 as per its 1960 claim line in Depsang, Galwan River, Sirijap-Khurnak Fort north of Pangong Tso, and Kailash Range 10 km north of Demchok, he said.
China, he added, believes that, India’s strategic aim in the long term is to restore the status quo ante 1950 by recovering Aksai Chin and other areas captured/secured by China.
India’s alignment with the US, the presence of Tibetan government-in-exile in India, and the aggressive claims on Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit Baltistan — through which the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) passes — only strengthen China’s suspicion.
https://theprint.in/defence/why-the-remote-galwan-valley-is-a-flashpoint-between-india-and-china/442794/
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CPEC, Tibet-Xinjiang Road Aksai Chin was captured by China in 1962. According to Lt Gen. H.S. Panag (Retd), from the strategic point of view, China had secured all Indian territories it needed to before 1962, that is primarily Aksai Chin, required for the Tibet-Xinjiang NH 219. Following the 1962 war, it vacated all additional captured territory, barring some tactically important areas in Ladakh, denying access to Aksai Chin and NH 219 as per its 1960 claim line in Depsang, Galwan River, Sirijap-Khurnak Fort north of Pangong Tso, and Kailash Range 10 km north of Demchok, he said. China, he added, believes that, India’s strategic aim in the long term is to restore the status quo ante 1950 by recovering Aksai Chin and other areas captured/secured by China. India’s alignment with the US, the presence of Tibetan government-in-exile in India, and the aggressive claims on Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit Baltistan — through which the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) passes — only strengthen China’s suspicion. https://theprint.in/defence/why-the-remote-galwan-valley-is-a-flashpoint-between-india-and-china/442794/