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While HK is understandable, I wonder which war did China lose to India and cede Eastern Ladakh or Arunachal which China belligerently maintains are its territor

• mytailorisrich 6y ago
  The border issues between China and India are a consequence of the expansion of the British empire. India simply inherited these borders when it became independent. China is not really expansionist. What it does is to formally refuse to recognise borders drawn by the British as at time when China was weak and being carved up by Western powers. Regarding Aksai Chin (Eastern Ladakh) even the British were not consistent, putting it in British India (Johnson Line) or China (Macartney-MacDonald Line). Regarding Arunachal Pradesh the situation is quite clear from a Chinese point of view: This is a part of Tibet that was thus in China until the fall of the Qing Empire. At which point Tibet declared independence and the British took over Arunachal Pradesh from Tibet/China. Obviously this was never accepted by China. These issues are never black and white.
  • inawarminister 6y ago
    China is not really expansionist. Right... Explains the whole North Natuna Sea debacle then. No real expansionism. And Tibet is not part of China. Not when it's current dynasty was founded, anyway.