Everything about South Tibet totally explained
South Tibet (
Chinese:
Zàngnán ) refers to a geographic area that is the focus of dispute between
India and
China. The area, located on India's northern frontier, is claimed by both China and India.
Currently China is renewing its claims to this area, stating that the area is part of the
Tibet Autonomous Region, and it recently denied a visa to an Arunachal Pradesh official. The basis of the denial was that the official was already a citizen of China as he was a citizen of Arunachal Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh belongs to China.
The borderline was originally negotiated between
Tibet and
Great Britain at the
Simla Convention in March of 1914. The border determined at that time is known as the
McMahon Line. China's claim is that it wasn't a party to the Simla Conference nor to a separate treaty between Britain and Tibet and therefore the treaty is “illegal and invalid”. China further alleges the treaty was secretly amended one month later by
British and
Tibetan officials and the border line changed. Currently Tibet is a providence of China known as the
Tibet Autonomous Region.
Description
South Tibet includes the
Yarlung Tsangpo Canyon, formed by the middle reaches of the
Yarlung Tsangpo River in the south of the
Tibet Autonomous Region of
China. It stretches 1200 kilometres from
Mainling in the east to
Saga (
Tibetan:
sa dga’ rdzong ས་དགའ་རྫོང་; Chinese:
Sàgā Xiàn 萨嘎县) in the west, and some 300 kilometres from the
Himalaya range in the south to the
Gangdisê (
Kangrinboqê) and
Nyainqêntanglha massifs in the north. The bottom of the valley ascends from an altitude of 2800 metres in the east to 4500 metres in the west. The Gangdisê and Nyainqêntanglha mountain ranges (sometimes referred to as "Trans-Himalaya") separate South Tibet from North Tibet (Chinese:
Zàngběi 藏北).
South Tibet includes the following geologically important areas: the
Tibetan Plateau, the
Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, the
Tarim Basin,
the
Taklamakan Desert,
Lop Nur and the
Turfan Depression.
Politically, South Tibet comprises the
Autonomous regions of China divisions of
Xigazê,
Shannan and
Nyingchi. All or parts of these areas are disputed areas claimed by three parties: the
Peoples Republic of China, the
Government of Tibet in Exile, and the
Indian state of
Arunachal Pradesh.
In the south-east, part of South Tibet is claimed by
China, but controlled by
India. China views these areas as parts of the counties
Mêdog and
Zayü in Nyingchi, parts of
Cona and the south of
Lhünzê in Shannan. This is the area south of the
McMahon Line, which isn't recognised by China as an international border. This part of South Tibet roughly corresponds to what India refers to as
Arunachal Pradesh.
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