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| '''Aksai Chin''' ({{zh-stp|s=阿克赛钦 |t=阿克賽欽 |p=Ākèsàiqīn}}) is a region located at the junction of the ], ], and ]. It is one of the two |
'''Aksai Chin''' ({{zh-stp|s=阿克赛钦 |t=阿克賽欽 |p=Ākèsàiqīn}}) is a region located at the junction of the ], ], and ]. It is administered by China and claimed by India. Aksai Chin is one of the two main border disputes between India and China, the other being ]. | ||
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Aksai Chin (simplified Chinese: 阿克赛钦; traditional Chinese: 阿克賽欽; pinyin: Ākèsàiqīn) is a region located at the junction of the People's Republic of China, Pakistan, and India. It is administered by China and claimed by India. Aksai Chin is one of the two main border disputes between India and China, the other being Arunachal Pradesh.
Aksai Chin is currently under the administration of the People's Republic of China, with the vast majority of it as a part of Hotan County, in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. India claims the area as a part of the disputed territory of Kashmir. It consists of the land taken by the PRC during the Sino-Indian War of 1962. The area is strategically important because it contains China National Highway 219, a major road between Tibet and Xinjiang.
Both sides in the dispute have agreed to respect the Line of Actual Control and this dispute is considered very unlikely to result in actual hostilities.