About the Book: Contested Lands: India, China and the Boundary Dispute
A COMPREHENSIVE AND INTERESTINGLY TOLD HISTORY OF THE INDO-CHINA BOUNDARY
DISPUTE
The IndiaChina border dispute predates Independence, going back a century and a
half. As complex as the issue is, it pivots on two key questions: Who does Aksai
Chin belong to? Will China accept the McMahon Line—which separates Indias
northeastern front regions—as the international border between the two
countries?
The dispute over Aksai Chin can be traced back to the military expeditions of
General Zorawar Singh of the Sikh Empire into north Baltistan and Tibet in
184142 and the Treaty of Chushul of 1842. The McMahon