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- India western border showing Aksai Chin]] HISTORY Aksai Chin was historically part of the Tibetan Himalayan Kingdom of Ladakh until Ladakh was annexed from the rule of the Namgyal Dynasty by the Dogra s and the Princely State of Kashmir in the 19th century. It was subsequently absorbed into British India by the 1904 treaty between Tibet and British India which led to the McMahon Line demarcation agreed to by Tibet and India in the early decades of 20th century. China , which at that time did not recognize Tibet 's Sovereignty but rather considered Xizang (Tibet) to be part of China , did not accept the agreement reached between Tibet and British India . Accordingly China refused to recognize the entire Macmahon line (or, for that matter, any treaty signed by Tibet). One of the main causes of the Sino-Indian War of 1962 was India's discovery of a road China had built through the region, which India considers its territory. The road China National Highway 219 connecting Tibet and Xinjiang , passes through no sizeable town in Aksai Chin, there are only some military posts and truck stop places as (the very small) Tianshuihai (4850m) or Dahongliutian (4200m, see external Link below). The area is strategically important to China because of this road. Aksai Chin is currently under the administration of the People's Republic Of China . Most of it is in Hotan County , in the primarily Muslim Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, to which it was transferred by China from Tibet . What little data exists suggests that the few true locals in Aksai Chin have Buddhist beliefs, although some Muslim Uyghurs may also live in the area because of the trade between Tibet and Xinjiang . India also claims the area as a part of the Ladakh district of the state of Jammu And Kashmir . 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. Pakistan has a claim on Kashmir . However, border agreements between Pakistan and the China in 1963 which transferred the Trans-Karakoram Tract and 1987 say that Pakistan recognizes China's claims on the areas. No Pakistani Government has ever officially claimed this region. The Pakistani Government has given tacit approval of China by considering Aksai Chin as a part of China. GOOGLE EARTH SPECULATION In June 2006, , built near the town of Huangyangtan , about 35 kilometres South West of (although usually on a much smaller scale), posters in the Google Earth online community advanced theories regarding the purpose of the model, including usage as
Local authorities in Ningxia, however, maintain that the model is part of a tank training ground, built in 1998 or 1999.[http://www.theage.com.au/news/web/chinese-xfile-not-so-mysterious-after-all/2006/07/23/1153593217781.html Chinese X-file not so mysterious after all], 23 July , 2006 SEE ALSO
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