{"id":34696,"date":"2018-10-31T12:54:53","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T07:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=34696"},"modified":"2018-10-31T12:54:53","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T07:24:53","slug":"china-swears-by-1890-treaty-with-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/china-swears-by-1890-treaty-with-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"China swears by 1890 treaty with Britain:\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

China swears by 1890 treaty with Britain<\/span><\/a>:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Context<\/b><\/p>\n

Recently defence minister Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman\u2019s had made first high-level visit to Nathu la post after the 73-day standoff at Dokalam which ended on August 28 following a mutual agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nathu La<\/b><\/p>\n

Nathu La is a<\/span> mountain pass<\/b> in the<\/b> Himalayas<\/b>.<\/b> It connects the<\/span> I<\/span>ndian<\/b> state<\/b> of<\/b> Sikkim<\/b> with<\/b> China’s<\/b> Tibet Autonomous Region<\/b>. The pass, at 4,310 m (14,140 ft) above<\/span> mean sea level<\/span>,forms a part of an offshoot of the ancient<\/span> Silk Road<\/b>. <\/span>Nathu<\/span><\/i> means “listening ears” and <\/span>La<\/span><\/i> means “pass” in<\/span> Tibetan<\/span>.On the Indian side, the pass is 54 km (34 mi) east of<\/span> Gangtok<\/span>, the capital of Sikkim. Only citizens of India can visit the pass, and then only after obtaining a permit in Gangtok.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nathu La is one of the three open trading border posts between China and India; the others are<\/span> Shipkila<\/span> in<\/span> Himachal Pradesh<\/span> and<\/span> Lipulekh<\/span> (or Lipulech) at the trisection point of<\/span> Uttarakhand<\/span>\u2013India,<\/span> Nepal<\/span> and China.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sealed by India after the 1962<\/span> Sino-Indian War<\/span>, Nathu La was re-opened in 2006 following numerous bilateral trade agreements. The opening of the pass shortens the travel distance to important<\/span> Hindu<\/span> and<\/span> Buddhist<\/span> pilgrimage<\/span> sites in the region and was expected to bolster the economy of the region by playing a key role in the growing Sino-Indian trade. However, trade is limited to specific types of goods and to specific days of the week.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nathu La is the last post separating the border between the Sikkim on the Indian side and Tibet on the Chinese side. Sitharaman’s trip was the first high-level visit to the area after the 73-day standoff between Indian and Chinese troops at Dokalam in the Sikkim sector of the border which ended on August 28 following a mutual agreement between India and China.<\/span><\/p>\n

Of the 3,488-km India-China border which stretches from Jammu and Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh, a 220-km section falls in Sikkim<\/b>. The two<\/span><\/p>\n

sides have so far held 19 rounds of Special Representatives’ talks to resolve the dispute<\/span><\/p>\n

1890 U.K – China treaty<\/b><\/p>\n